Sentences with phrase «against closure»

Parents at both schools mounted vigorous campaigns against closure.

Much of the push - back against closures, she has maintained, come from union members and upstate lawmakers who want to protect the jobs associated with youth centers.

According to the Swedish Book Review, she advocated for animal rights, protected threatened trees and campaigned against the closure of library branches, but was especially vocal about her views of world peace.

Alongside the existing statutory presumption against closure of rural schools, the government will go further, introducing a new «double lock» so that when small rural schools convert to academy status both local and national government have to agree to a school closing before a decision can be made.

Weingarten is being led away by police in Philadelphia last March when she protested against the closure of schools in Philadelphia.

Vincent Lindon stars as a worker fighting against the closure of his factory in the latest film from French writer - director Stéphane Brizé.

Despite a formal public consultation the offices in major cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Cardiff are to close, including award - winning jobcentres such as Camberwell where 2,000 local people signed a petition against its closure.

De Blasio jumped on the issue with particular gusto, getting arrested at a demonstration against the closure of the Long Island College Hospital at 339 Hicks Street in Cobble Hill.

More than 25 speakers spoke against the closure of J.H.S. 145 at the nearly four - hour meeting at Manhattan's High School of Fashion Industries on Wednesday night.

It was revealed today that Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner has a history of campaigning against wind farms on the island, despite now speaking out against the closure of the Vestas plant.

11.30 Remploy staff protest outside Manchester's town hall against the closure of factories for disabled workers

He has led vocal campaigns locally, including against the closure of the University of South Wales» Caerleon campus.

«I will continue to advocate against the closure of the Lackawanna Branch on behalf of my constituents and hope that we can save this branch and other local postal facilities.»

But the union will not now go to court until it knows whether it can meet Michael Heseltine to put its case against the closure.

About 60 parents, who were not allowed to attend the meeting, held a simultaneous demonstration against the closure across the street at the City Market.

Meanwhile, school's governors were told they had until Tuesday, February 3, to make representations to the Secretary of State against its closure.

Imagine Schools has a special incentive for its full court press against closure: the two schools are tenants of property owned by Imagine Schools» real estate arm, SchoolHouse Finance LLC.

Culture secretary Andy Burnham, skills secretary John Denham, Welsh secretary Paul Murphy and chief whip Geoff Hoon have also campaigned against closures in their own constituencies.

The Tories are using an opposition day debate protest against the planned closures and have challenged Labour MPs and ministers who have campaigned against closures in their own constituencies to oppose the nationwide policy.

Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced new rules setting out a presumption against the closure of rural schools.

People employed at the factories protested against their closure and said they provided gainful work.

Prem Ahluwahlia (YLAL Committee) coordinated a petition against its closure.

The Justice Singers have played at Hirut Restaurant twice, for the community legal clinics» fight against closures in 2014, and for the Joe Hill tribute in 2015, and have toured to Hamilton, sponsored by the Hamilton & District Injured Workers» Group.

Competing for two seats on the Chester town board are incumbents Michael G. Packer and Stephen Durkish, challenged by broadband technology consultant Ava L. Ashendorff, and now Lauren Pereau, who has spoken out against the closure of Theriot Avenue in town.

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the district and campaigned against the closure of Juan Pablo Duarte, hailed the new school.

Alexander's life and thought was against the closures of totalism — whether political and ideological totalism, as in totalitarianism, or the total explanations proposed by theology or philosophy.

The union is hosting a public meeting this evening (13) against the closure of the jobcentre in Camberwell, south London.

While I support the Prescott's campaign against the closure, I think this is the wrong cause.

Hazel Blears, the Labour party chairwoman, has defended her decision to protest against the closure of her local NHS maternity unit.

It would probably be a Conservative / Labour marginal but in 2001 it was won by an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate, Dr Richard Taylor, on the back of a campaign against the closure of the casualty unit at Kidderminister hospital.

Delegates to the union's Department for Work and Pensions group conference - to be held on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 May, before PCS's annual conference which opens the following day - will debate an emergency motion to launch a campaign against the closures.

Two offices in the public consultation will not now be closed: Edinburgh City and Old Swan on Merseyside, where there have been concerted PCS campaigns against closure.

She has campaigned for safer access to schools and against the closure of community facilities.

His departmental responsibilities include the post office and the Daily Telegraph has run a personalised «Stop Jim» campaign against the closure of sub-post offices (more information at They work for you)

The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto pledged to protect rural schools, creating a «presumption against closure» and introducing additional safeguarding measures.

«A presumption against closure, a formal definition of a rural school, and promoting a federal approach to school organisation have been advocated by the Welsh Liberal Democrats for a long time.

We are against labeling any schools as «failing,» against Renewal and Receivership School programs that don't help, against targeting these schools for Charter Co-locations, and against closures.

Several people spoke of the need to attend SRC meetings and speak out against the closure of Strawberry Mansion High.

Melbourne based artist Léuli Eshraghi On Friday night I attended my first protest on Queen Street, the protest was against the closure of over 150 remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.