Sentences with phrase «after union members»

Drinks company Diageo has avoided a strike by members of its defined benefit pension schemes after union members accepted a deal...

Drinks company Diageo has avoided a strike by members of its defined benefit pension schemes after union members accepted a deal, bringing to an end months of back - and - forth.

The referendum came soon after union members overwhelmingly approved a new teacher evaluation agreement and after the restoration of unpaid furlough days.

Even in states where Republican governors had implemented policies unpopular among teachers unions, and after those union members threw their money and voter - mobilizing muscle behind Democratic challengers, the union - backed candidates lost governor's races in Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Florida.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg declined to sign the bill after union members raised concerns over possible job losses.

Not exact matches

The public sector union says it will tear up the pay offer it is about to put to members and go after the State Government for more money if Premier Mark McGowan caves in to police.

It is, after all, a union town and unions are very good at driving members to the ballot box.

Shareholders have to wonder how much value will be left of the company after bondholders and the union members have their way.

It's an agenda that Obama started selling in the run - up to his State of the Union address this month, and that House Democrats have sought to echo as they regroup after losing more members in the midterms.

The euro plunged from near two - year highs to a six - week low against the dollar in early November, after weak inflation figures stoked fears about demand in the 17 - member economy, according to Nawaz Ali, UK market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions.

«The promptness of the German authorities» intervention following our complaint - points out the President of the Consortium, Nicola Bertinelli - is related to the fact that, after years of legal action, we obtained European Union legislation that leaves no room for doubt regarding protection, and which also includes the obligation of «ex officio» PDO protection in all EU member states, which have direct responsibility in terms of vigilance.»

The European Union is the world's second largest single market for organic products after the United States.In 2016, organic retail sales in Europe rose by 11.4 percent to 33.5 billion euros, while organic sales in the EU member states significantly exceeded the 30 billion euro mark and reached 30.7 billion euros.

Then — after the amendments had been ratified by all of the Member States — Scotland would be able to join the European Union.

After leaving the union in 1994, he went into politics and became a member of the defunct Social Democratic Party.

HTC doesn't necessarily make a habit of endorsing Republicans, although it did recently back Brooklyn Sen. Marty Golden, who can certainly use all the individual union support he can get after losing the backing of the 2.5 - million member AFL - CIO this week.

Trade Union Officials are elected democratically and Union policies are determined by members via Annual Conferences and Congresses, after heavy and often heated debate.

The day after unveiling his plan for individual trade union members to «opt - in'to being members of the party, Miliband addressed Labour officials at their Brewer's Green HQ.

The changes to union funding come after allegations that Unite signed up members to Labour without their knowledge in order to secure its candidate in Falkirk.

But I was told that at least some Assembly members received calls from unions and the Working Families Party on behalf of Heastie as early Friday, Jan. 23rd — the day after Silver was arrested.

The size of the challenge facing Ed Miliband was thrown into stark relief this morning, after a prominent union leader warned just ten per cent of his members would be likely to join Labour.

«I don't see why we should be penalized because of somebody else's aggression,» said Lenwood McKoy, president of Transport Workers Union Local 225, after the Monday press event, at which union members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&rUnion Local 225, after the Monday press event, at which union members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&runion members held up signs that read, «Don't kill union jobs.&runion jobs.»

After Miami - Dade schools and the union settled a new contract late last year, Carvalho praised the deal while UTD President Karla Hernández - Mats said, «It is absolutely not what our members deserve.»

Taking the podium, Nixon thanked the committee members for their «courage» and called the WFP, which has come under assault this week from inside and out — with two major unions leaving the fold in protest after it became clear Nixon was all but locked into the endorsement — the «political home for progressives in New York State, and a source of grassroots muscle for the movement.»

Coming two weeks after the European elections, this event will bring together an audience of politicians, policymakers, thinkers, media commentators and business stakeholders from across the political spectrum to discuss the most pressing challenges faced by the European Union and its member states.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The union representing Metro Bus drivers and mechanics says it wants the public and the Governor to know members are «very frustrated» about the lack of a contract after eight years of negotiations, and have «no confidence» in the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Executive Director to reach an agreement on their behalf.

After Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving an unimaginable trail of destruction, HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE joined in a relief effort to assist members of the hotel union there, Local 610.

To help keep them afloat, # 22m of public money has been given to them to this year, while another # 277m will be injected over the next four years — figures that only emerged after Private Eye trawled through the obscure Official Journal of the European Union, which requires publication of such payments by member states.

PEF is claiming victory after the state Appellate Division upheld a lower court decision that commanded the Governor's Office of Employee Relations to accept the reclassification of roughly 250 management - confidential employees in various state agencies as members of the union's Professional, Scientific and Technical Services bargaining unit.

With law enforcement officials aggressively pursuing gang members on Long Island after a recent spate of homicides by the transnational gang MS - 13, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a class - action lawsuit on Friday that federal authorities had gone too far.

A meeting between members of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus and former Attorney General Eric Holder has been postponed after the influential labor union Hotel Trades Council raised concerns.

However, much depends on whether the Commons is minded to force through the changes such that they ultimately also apply to existing union members after a suitable transition period.

Bob Master, the political director for the Communications Workers of America District One, said the union polled its members after the election and found that 60 percent had backed Clinton and 40 percent had backed Trump.

After the 2009 European elections a significant proportion of the IND / DEM members joined the «Europe of Freedom and Democracy», which included parties formerly part of the Union for a Europe of Nations.

As my recent polling in EU countries found, Ireland is among the keenest members of the Union, giving the highest positive rating to their membership after Malta, Spain and Poland.

Two of Britain's biggest unions have promised to go ahead with their plans to merge after members of a third union voted to remain a separate organisation.

Thousands of students across the country have already had their exams disrupted in the dispute, which began in March, after the two unions called on members to stop marking exam papers.

After five years, the number of union members affiliated to the party will determine a union's voting power at the party conference.

However, very few affiliated union members will be entitled to vote if a leadership contest is called after a 2015 election defeat due to the phasing of the scheme.

«I want to give people hope with my vision for where this city can go,» Ellis told The Alt shortly after Mayor Kathy Sheehan's State of the City address (which was delayed and disrupted by protests by social justice activists and union members).

«The unions are still going to be major players after this, but it will change their revenue picture and it will force them to dial back some of their activities that don't reflect urgent concerns of the members,» said the Empire Center's Ken Girardin, who is rooting for a decision adverse to organized labor.

The union has two members of its executive board under investigation, and a funeral was held Thursday for its inspectors representative, Michael Ameri, who fatally shot himself last week, one day after probers seized records from the Highway District he oversaw.

On top of the total cited above, its parent union UNITE HERE also gave $ 300,000 to REBNY's committee that helped Senate Republicans after the developers and labor members saw eye - to - eye on the issue of Airbnb.

«Nothing would induce me to support a candidate from a major trade union, they stick it to the rank and file members time after time after time.

It approved a seven week campaign, where Labour MPs, party members and trade unions will be sent nomination forms immediately after Mr Blair announces his departure.

A Private Members» Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Nick Hurd MP, it came about after an unprecedented five year campaign supported by dozens of voluntary organisations, trade unions and other representative groups, parish and town councils and tens of thousands of individuals.

After years of crippling strikes, blackouts and rubbish on the streets, large sections of the public had become deeply dissatisfied with union members and their leadership.

Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey writes: «After eight years of going without, I do think Council members deserve a significant raise after going without for so After eight years of going without, I do think Council members deserve a significant raise after going without for so after going without for so long.

But having apologised and explained that his comment was taken out of context, Dr Spio - Garbrah, a former Minister of Communication, Minister of Education, and Minister responsible for Mines and Energy, one - time Ghana Ambassador to the United States and Mexico in the J.J. Rawlings administration, a former member of the UNESCO executive board, board of directors of South African Telecom, AngloGold Ashanti and Vodacom and a former CEO of the London - based Commonwealth Telecommunications Union (CTU), won back support of NDC supporters had widely been envisaged to be the next NDC presidential candidate after Mr Mahama.

After several years of contentious bargaining, Erie County has settled a contract with the its blue - collar union, offering 2 percent raises each year for the next four years to the 1,500 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1095.