Sentences with phrase «workers union in»

AlthoughFordwas the first of the Detroit three automakers to win concessions from the United Auto Workers union in response to the collapse of the U.S.

With eight public holidays, the UK has the fewest of any G20 or EU country, Corbyn will say at the annual conference of the Communication Workers Union in Bournemouth.

I thought I had seen everything when I saw the Yogurt debate in Albany but, this tops it,» Mr. Espaillat told reporters at a press conference with the Transportation Workers Union in uptown Manhattan today.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has had an uneasy relationship with some public - sector labor groups during the early years of his administration, blasted the case in similar language this week when speaking at a convention for the Transport Workers Union in Las Vegas.

PEF, a union of mostly white - collar workers, represents about 55,000 members and is the second - largest public workers union in the state.

Assemblywoman Grace Meng just announced the backing of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, the main grocery workers union in New York City, a nice endorsement to have as she campaigns for congress in Queens.

Donohue, who heads the second largest state workers union in New York, is a tough - talking sort, and has never been shy about expressing his opinions about the governor in public, particularly when he feels his members are getting the short end of the stick.

The Transit Workers Union in a statement said it «likes the idea» of a surcharge for millionaires to bolster the New York City subway system, but called the move a «long - term solution.»

«Human nature kicks in, and he did what I hope most men would do,» said the head of the transit workers union in Oroc's defense.

A case that was heard Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court and will be decided later on this year could have a big impact on public worker unions in New York.

The TUC Regional secretary also called on the government to provide the necessary resources to the various workers unions in the country to effectively and efficiently protect the interests of their workers.

In the wake of protests and threats of strikes from a number of labour unions a few months ago, President Nana Addo told many agitating worker unions in the country that government is cash - strapped.

The Civil Service Employees Assocation has filed CSEA an Improper Practice charge with PERB over Gov. David Paterson's continuing threat of layoffs depite his signing of a no - layoff agreement with the state workers unions in exchange for their support of a fifth pension fund tier.

John Liu's bid for comptroller received the backing of District Council 37 today, the largest municipal worker union in New York state, his campaign said.

Not exact matches

Several dozen union workers from GE factories in Pennsylvania, Canada and elsewhere protested outside a GE facility here, where about 450 shareholders gathered.

The senator first met Rielle in early 2006 when he was in New York during a cross-country speaking tour with actor Danny Glover on behalf of hotel workers who wanted his help at union rallies.

Several dozen union workers from GE factories in Pennsylvania, Canada and elsewhere protested outside a GE facility here, where about 450 shareholders gathered for the meeting.

Chuck Atkinson, president of transportation District 140 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the company's largest union, described Rovinescu's pay in a letter to the president as «a personal insult and a slap in the face to all our members.»

We have always believed that the Employment Tribunal's decision from last year October was entirely correct in saying that our GMB member clients were entitled to workers» right such as the minimum wage and holiday pay,» said Nigel Mackay, employment solicitor at Leigh Day, the firm that represented the union members.

Walt Disney Co. is finding itself in heated talks with union workers over pay and other issues as profits at the company's theme - park division soar.

Disney is currently in heated talks with union workers as the company's theme - park division thrives

In his complaint, McGlaughlin describes a history of «abusive» practices and conflict with supervisors that predated — and he says prompted — his union - organizing efforts, and continued after he began seeking to organize his fellow workers.

More than 500 companies have expressed interest in rolling out student loan benefits to their workers next year, said Tim DeMello, founder and CEO of Gradifi, a platform that lets companies, including PwC, Connelly Partners and Western Union, pay off some of their employees» student loans.

The percentage of American workers represented by unions has dropped from 23.3 percent in 1983 to 12.5 percent last year, according to the Labor Department.

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents more than 670,000 workers in the executive branch, took a swing at the agency in ink: «We believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees,» he wrote in the letter dated Thursday, which Fortune obtained.

That's a far cry from the results of a study commissioned this year by the Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk, which put the number of freelancers — a broader category that includes temps, part - timers, and moonlighters — at 53 million, or one in three American workers.

Unions representing some 38,000 park workers in Orlando reopened wage talks last year.

His refusal to allow union workers at his mines eventually led to the Homestead strike in 1892, in which 10 men were killed and 60 were wounded.

It is the latest successful legislative push targeting union power following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010, and if Gov. Mitch Daniels signs the bill as expected it will make Indiana the first Rust Belt state to ban contracts that require workers to pay mandatory union fees for representation.

Now, since going private, a new problem has emerged: Cara has reportedly asked the union representing airline catering workers for up to $ 20 million in concessions.

«Postal workers want to work and people need to know that it's safe to use the mail system,» said Mike Palecek, the union's president, in a statement.

Fudge's letter was made public by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), which represents many of the unionized grocery workers in the United Workers union (UFCW), which represents many of the unionized grocery workers in the United workers in the United States.

That's one of the key reasons myRA, which President Obama announced during his 2014 State of the Union Address, was launched by the U.S. Treasury in 2015 as an easy way for all workers to begin saving for retirement.

Over 500 cafeteria workers at Facebook's headquarters voted to join a union to increase their wages so they can afford to live in Silicon Valley.

The critical mass of workers the new union would represent in each province could provide a new political force in the face of rising inequality and injustice.

Another example: In 2010 the United Autoworkers and the United Food and Commercial Workers unions spoke out in favour of the U.S. - South Korea Free Trade Agreement, arguing that it would «grow more jobs.&raquIn 2010 the United Autoworkers and the United Food and Commercial Workers unions spoke out in favour of the U.S. - South Korea Free Trade Agreement, arguing that it would «grow more jobs.&raquin favour of the U.S. - South Korea Free Trade Agreement, arguing that it would «grow more jobs.»

In Canada, approximately 30 % of workers still belong to unions, but the future is uncertain.

Foreign automakers have been attracted to southern states in part because the United Auto Workers union is particularly weak in the region, having failed to organize Tennessee autoworkers at factories in Smyrna and Chattanooga.

«Canada's media and cultural industries are being severely damaged by the tax loopholes that benefit foreign digital companies and platforms at the expense of Canadian producers and workers and that cost the federal government at least $ 1 billion in revenues,» the union wrote in a statement on its website.

One of the most exciting developments in Canada is the innovative, forward - looking proposal being developed by two of Canada's largest private sector unions: the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP) and the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW).

Meanwhile, the hotel workers» union says it will push hotels in more cities to provide devices like the panic buttons.

Unions have become quite active trying to organize service workers in campaigns such as Fight for 15.

The union, which represents thousands of rural workers not represented by the CPAA, said in a statement that it was «disappointed» by the CPAA arbitration outcome.

The attack comes just days after a separate incident involving union workers at a soon - to - be shuttered Goodyear plant in the French town of Amiens, who held two executives hostage as they sought to negotiate bonus and severance packages.

Sayanogorsk, Rusal's third biggest aluminium plant, is where Deripaska began buying up workers» shares during Russia's privatisation drive after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Raising pressure on Germany's IG Metall union, the division's German CEO Michael Lohscheller underlined that new deals had now been struck with workers in Britain, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Poland, allowing investment in their sites.

Contrary to what many claim to believe, the union representing workers at Zellers stores in Calgary, Alberta, believe that corporations (or businesses more generally) are in fact persons, morally and legally.

While cutting huge swatches out of corporate overhead, Foster also began assessing his inherited union shop — which came complete with high - seniority workers in single - function jobs.

The laws passed by Republicans in Michigan last week would exempt existing contracts between employers and unions until they expire, such as the automakers» contract with the United Auto Workers union, which expires in 2015.

A U.S. port workers union has accused APM Terminals, a port operator of A.P. Moller - Maersk, of spying on union representatives in Los Angeles by tapping their phones.