Sentences with phrase «york transit workers»

Viewpoint: How New York Transit Workers Broke the State Pattern Even unions not in a position to strike can beat back the worst of austerity.

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Not exact matches

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.

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.»

Also at 11 a.m., the state Nurses Association, Transit Workers Union and climate change activist challenge New York to step up after Trump's exit from Paris Agreement on climate change, outside Senate lobby, state Capitol, Albany.

Among its members are District Council 37 (DC 37); Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100); New York State Nurses» Association (NYSNA); United Federation of Teachers (UFT); and others.

The Transit Workers Union (TWU) has filed suit against Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City of New York, claiming that Vision Zero is unconstitutionally vague.

Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU Local 726, ATU Local 1056, ATU Local 1179 ATU Local 1181 - 1061, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Asian Americans for Equality, Center for Working Families, Citizens Committee for NYC, Common Cause / NY, Construction Industry Council, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, DC 37, DC 37 Local 375B, DC37 Local 1655, Empire State Transportation Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, General Contractors Association of New York, League of Women Voters of the City of NY, League of Women Voters of New York State, Long Island Contractors» Association, Inc. (LICA), MTA Coalition of Unions, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, New York Building Congress, NY League of Conservation Voters, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, NYS Council of Machinists, NY State Legislative Conference Board, NYS Transportation Equity Alliance, PCAC to MTA, Pratt Center for Community Development, Regional Plan Association, Reinvent Albany, Teamsters Local 808, Transit Riders Action Committee, Transportation Alternatives, TWU Local 100, TWU Local 252, TWU Local2001, TWU Local 2054, Transport Workers International Union of America, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, UPROSE, We Act for Environmental Justice, Women's City Club.

Governor Andrew Cuomo offered the family of Richards - Stephens condolences on Twitter: «I am deeply saddened by news of the New York City Transit worker who lost his life this morning.

The New Year's Eve event will be hosted by the Association for a Better New York, Blasters, Drillrunners and Miners Local 29, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, Central Park Conservancy, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Historical Society, the New York Mets, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Transit Museum, Partnership for New York City, Real Estate Board of New York, Regional Plan Association, NYC Sandhogs Local 147, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Among those honored at the event were New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli; Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James; New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito; and Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 President John Samuelsen.

At the behest of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, insular leaders in New York City have floated the idea of reinstating a long - repealed discriminatory tax against workers who live outside the five boroughs.

The groups — including the United University Professions, New York State Nurses Association and the Transit Workers United Local 100 — want to see billions spent on renewable energy and infrastructure projects, resources for environmental concerns in poor communities and fair labor and training standards in clean energy.

New York City teachers and transit workers just ratified contracts that will define what's possible for the 250,000 city workers still in negotiations.

Sanders, meanwhile, has the backing of the labor - backed Working Families Party, the Communications Workers of America, the Amalgamated Transit Union, the New York State Nurses Association, and the American Postal Workers Union.

He did tell the transit workers from all around the country about his record on progressive issues in New York, like raising the minimum wage and enacting paid family leave.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.

The report also found that 11 % — 5,343 — of workers at the New York City Transit Authority made at least $ 100,000 last year.

Ward Jackson at Kay - Mar Gallery, NY, 1964 Transit & Garden 1 (left to right) Quite simply, you have to know about Ward Jackson and his work — he was an innovative abstract painter, a maverick editor and arts worker, and a key member of New York City's abstract artist community.