Sentences with phrase «york labor organization»
Worried about federal immigration policies, a New York labor organization is taking steps to protect its own.
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Also sitting on the sidelines that year was the AFL - CIO, the umbrella organization of New York labor.
The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.
Flynn, a businessman from Hunter, is being backed by the Transport Workers Union, a national labor organization, whose international president, John Samuelsen, (also FORMER president of TWU Local 100 here in New York), said in a statement to be released by Flynn's campaign that the candidate is «a leader who understands that the economic security of families must be the highest priority of Congress, and that unions are a necessary partner in that mission.»
A workforce development organization that provides training to New York City Housing Authority residents is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top leaders in the Assembly and Senate to include a design - build provision for improvements, but asked that they not include a project - labor agreement in a final deal.
Also at 11:30 a.m., the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council, the AFL - CIO and other labor organizations hold a press conference to close the prevailing wage loophole in state budget, outside state Senate lobby, third floor, state Capitol, Albany.
The labor organizations who banded together include: 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the New York State Nurses Association, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, District Council 37, and locals of the United Auto Workers and Communications Workers of America.
Today in New York and Connecticut, the more conservative elements in the Democratic Party are trying to eliminate fusion voting, and it remains to be seen whether the WFP and its allies in community, labor, civil rights, environmental, student and feminist organizations can stop them.
FPI joined the rally, where ordinary tax payers, elected officials, community organizations and labor unions called for a 0.5 % New York State tax on stock buyback trades, which would mean corporations using their federal tax cuts simply to benefit their shareholders would have to pay a small New York State tax on... (read more)
Schumer also made a point of traveling to the Working Families Party rally in New York City, attended also by Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, as the labor - backed organization seeks to turn the state Senate to full Democratic control.
Known for its left - leaning politics and formidable voter turnout operation, the Working Families Party, founded by a coalition of labor unions and liberal organizations, enjoyed a banner year in the 2009 New York City elections.
A number of the city's most powerful private and public labor organizations have come together to form New York Progress, a super P.A.C. that has raised more than $ 1 million so far and hopes to clear at least $ 2 million in the coming weeks, according to Josh Gold, political director for the Hotel & Motel Trades Council.
According to the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC), an organization consisting of local affiliates of 15 national and international unions representing 100,000 members in New York City, project labor agreements (PLAs) with these terms for four projects valued at $ 345 million are in the process of being executed by unions in the industry.
The New York Immigration Coalition organized the march, which was sponsored by 85 organizations representing immigrant rights and advocacy, legal services, labor, faith, civil rights, LGBTQI, women's rights and anti-violence groups.
Hedge fund managers and executives have made nearly $ 40 million in contributions to political candidates and committees in New York since 2000, according to a paper from the Hedge Clippers, an online group backed by a coalition of labor unions and community organizations.
On Tuesday, May 1, labor activists and immigrant support organizations staged rallies in New York City to commemorate May Day.
The blatant hypocrisy of these religious and quasi-religious organizations, that want to impose rules and laws on other industries they don't often want applied to themselves and who benefit from a number of labor law and tax «exclusions» is fully detailed in the excellent 5 part series «In God's Name» by Diana B. Henriques that ran in October of 2006 in the New York Times:
Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.
New York State United Teachers, as usual one of the most politically active labor organizations, had already given the largest legal donations to the Senate Democrats» campaign arm, and to many other Democratic campaigns.
According to a former union president, John Samuelsen, the organization has secured better deals over the past eight years than any other public labor group in New York.
The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.
Please be advised that if your Organization is awarded funding, you must sign the Erie County Equal Pay Certification, stating that your organization is in compliance with federal law, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Federal Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 and New York State Labor Law Section 194 (together «Equal Pay Law»).
The group New Yorkers Against Corruption includes a broad swath of organizations — from environmental groups to the New York State Rifle And Pistol Association, as well as labor unions and the Conservative Party.
New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a collation of labor unions, community organizations, and the variety of public interest groups such as Citizens Action of New York.
The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.
NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American and LGBTQ community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.
Faced with our two legislative leaders in Albany sentenced to prison for corruption and voting irregularities that denied the right to vote to numerous qualified New Yorkers, a coalition of community, labor, faith, and advocacy organizations has put forward a plan to resolve the crisis of democracy in New York State.
«It is not acceptable for developers to get a billion - dollar - a-year tax break while paying workers low wages and creating little to no affordable housing,» said Paul Fernandes, executive director of the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation, an organization of unions and contractors.
Criticism of Quinn over the sick leave issue sparked spirited applause at the March 20 LGBT forum, but the tableau presented at City Hall on March 29 ---- with the speaker surrounded by more than a dozen Council members, major labor leaders, and fired up members of both 32BJ and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization ---- provided a striking contrast with the week before.
WFP, a progressive political party founded in 1998 in New York by labor unions and community organizations with chapters nationwide, takes advantage of New York's fusion voting laws — which allow small third parties to cross-endorse Democratic and Republican candidates.
New York, NY — A coalition of more than two dozen non-profit organizations, labor unions, and advocacy groups sent a joint letter to the New York Congressional Delegation demanding that the delegation reject the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Friday.
Borrowing from New York's playbook, Illinois funders, advocates, and parents built an extensive coalition of religious organizations, community groups, and, surprisingly, some blue - collar labor unions (not teacher unions) to advocate for the reform.
For 10 years, while president of the UFT, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100 - plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees.
New York, NY — Today, a diverse set of 38 organizations from across the country urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies to provide strong funding for the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP)-- an updated version of the School Leadership Program (SLP) reauthorized in the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
W.A.G.E., the New York organization devoted to ensuring sustainable labor practices at arts institutions, issued an open letter today about the New Museum's expansion into a neighboring building.
Currently on view at American Contemporary, New York is «The Cardboard Lover,» a group exhibition that explores how cultural objects reflect the subjective experiences and objective styles produced by the late capitalist organization of labor.
Lise Soskolne is an artist and core organizer of Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.), a New York - based activist organization whose mission is to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract their labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self - regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy.
Indigenous groups, labor, youth, scientists, food justice and clean water activists, religious groups, and civil rights organizations joined environmental groups in calling on world leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disruption.
Joe is a Cornell University Certified Mediator and Arbitrator, and has conducted mediations for individuals and organizations as diverse as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, the United Nations, the U.S. District Court for Vermont, the Vermont and New York Court Systems and the Bennington School System, as well as for several other Vermont businesses, municipalities and school districts.
More than 65 companies and organizations responded to the call for the career fair including: FedEx Ground, Comcast, CACI, New Jersey Transit Authority, Securitas, New York City Fire Department, New Jersey Department of Corrections, Cablevision, Seimens, United States Secret Service, Cintas, AT&T, United States Department of Labor and many more.