Sentences with phrase «as union efforts»

4 September 2009 Rutgers postdocs join their bosses» union as union efforts multiply across the continent.

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But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

But operations were strictly Canadian until 2005, when new executives with connections to Noranda agreed to a joint venture with the former Canadian mining giant in Turkey — which was liberalizing its mining industry as part of ongoing efforts to join the European Union.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed though anti-labor legislation even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed labor legislation with safe voting margins even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

China and the European Union are set to issues a statement at a high - level meeting in Brussels committing to implement the climate deal, in a effort to bolster the pact as Trump appears set to abandon it.

Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»

Apo - The European Union on Thursday launched a plan for thousands of 18 - year - old Europeans to travel in the bloc for free this summer as part of efforts to promote the EU.

Despite the EP's efforts, the cryptocurrency market is not commonly regulated throughout the European Union, as different regulatory approaches are present.

The chief Rabbi of wartime Rome had been sheltered by Jesuits, and he later paid eloquent and generous tribute to Pius XII and his collaborators for their rescue efforts, as did Dr. Raffael Contoni, head of Italy's wartime Jewish Assistance Committee and later president of the union of Italian Jewish communities.

Labor unions often cooperate with business as in San Francisco where the building trades unions campaigned against the effort to establish a citywide height limitation.

Indeed, it was precisely his effort to incorporate the cosmic vision of Whitehead (especially the idea of experiencing all of reality as a single complex datum) into his own interpretation of religious experience that created such tension in his efforts to effect a union between religious experience and scientific method; for the task of science is to «prune down the objects [of experience] to the limits of its own powers of definition and minute examination,» while «religion must deal with the total concrete fact...» (RESM 53).

In any event, the saints have known that «union,» in the supreme sense intended by the mystics, is not attained by human effort but is (as they say) always a «gift» of God; while contemplation, in the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall see.

It does not rise to the level of a serious effort to show that one can accept the idea that two persons of the same sex can marry while also holding that marriage is, as a matter of principle, the exclusive union of two people who forsake all others.

As a way to combat the doping scandals that were destroying its sport, the cycling union in 2008 started an antidoping effort called the biological passport program.

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

In many ways, Merkel's visit is a test both of Putin's commitment to create the Eurasian Union, of which Moldova, just as Ukraine, would be inevitable members, and how it will react from now on to EU integration initiatives in countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, which have made initial efforts to join the European Union.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

As the expected end of the UK's membership to the European Union is planned for 29 March 2019, after that day the UK government could argue that a ruling from the European Court of Justice is no longer applicable, and it may keep the content of the IPAct unaltered, setting back efforts to protect privacy.

«It is the case in Oxford and Cambridge Union debating contests that the competitors are given one side of the argument to debate blind, and so may have to argue a case they oppose, as I remember from my own first year efforts at Oxford» What a curious remark to make!

Professor Stefan Bouzarovski, Chair of EPOV said: «The Observatory's web portal offers a unique focal point for understanding and tracking the extent of energy poverty across the European Union, as well as efforts to address the problem.

The Union has described as unsatisfactory, efforts aimed at addressing corruption in the first year of the New Patriotic Party administration.

At 8 a.m., more than than 100 community, law enforcement and religious officials participate in a «Cops, Community, Clergy» multi-faith prayer breakfast organized as part of efforts to improve community - police relations; Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, Manhattan.

A harbinger of what is to come was seen at some of this year's trade union conferences where the bureaucracy's efforts to keep in step with Blair for as long as possible already started to meet serious resistance from the ranks.

The statewide Business Council, which former Gov. George Pataki blamed for abandoning his early efforts to stand up to the state's powerful labor unions, was cited as especially reluctant to participate.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

The opt - out effort this year has united different political strains: Republicans and conservatives are skeptical of Common Core as it pertains to a loss of local control for school districts, while the state's teachers union is encouraging the movement as well over concerns of how the results will impact performance evaluations.

During his monthly press conference yesterday, Mr Blair refused to comment on the party funding review, but his support for a # 50,000 cap would not be unexpected given his efforts to cut the power of the trade unions during his time as Labour leader.

20 September 2016 — In their respective addresses to the United Nations General Assembly today, Southern African leaders streimportance of regional efforts, such as within the African continent through the African Union (AU) to realize a better and sustainable future for all.

Democratic elected officials aligned with the city and state teachers unions see charters as a thinly - veiled, well - moneyed effort to erode job protections for teachers.

Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.

Other school - reform advocates accused bureaucrats of caving to political pressure as union - aligned Assembly Democrats vowed to block efforts to raise or repeal the cap on the number of charters the state allows.

As such, the New York State AFL - CIO will coordinate a comprehensive get - out - the - vote effort, including mailings, phone banks and door to door visits to union members on her behalf.»

When ethics expert Jane Feldman's departure from the New York State Assembly, and her appraisal of the experience as «as waste of money,» was first reported by the Times Union last week, many saw it as another blow to reform efforts in Albany.

Many see that effort as attempt to draw votes away from the Working Families Party, which counts many of the same unions appearing today as it's core constituency.

In the NY - 18 where five Democrats are vying at the chance to take on Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth, the labor group gave their endorsement to Maloney, who has worked to solidify union support as part of an overall GOTV effort.

Some observers have speculated that Schneiderman's efforts to cast himself as the most liberal member of the five - Democrat AG field might well get him elected on Sept. 14 — particularly since he's back by unions with crack GOTV operations like 1199, HTC and 32BJ — but could hurt him against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in the general election.

As he was preparing to take office, Cuomo distributed copies of the book «The Man Who Saved New York» — a biography of Carey that largely chronicles his efforts to work with union officials and business leaders to bail out the financially troubled New York City government.

Stocker had some help from the state teachers union, which dumped a ton of cash into an effort to paint Grisanti as too liberal for Republican voters.

«As partners, I urge that we work together to support this effort of the African Union that will have a positive effect on global economic development and integration.»

In papers filed on Tuesday, the union is trying to hitch the effort to block the rebate program — which Cuomo has referred to as a «freeze» in property tax increases over several years — to the group's lawsuit filed against the state's property tax cap.

To assist in that effort, he also announced at a labor union rally the launch of the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, named after his late father, who served as governor for three terms.

Salaam who hinted that a letter for the commencement of strike action had been received from the Academic Staff Union of the institutions, urged the Union not to embark on any strike for now, as effort is being taken by the House to resolve the matter.

He also assured that ASUU and the Federal government are working for the same goal just as he lauded the efforts of unions in education sector and, as such, for their patriotism.

As the bulk of union effort in this race focuses on helping Corbyn, pragmatism will need to come from different sources.

Introduced by Seabrook as «a man with integrity, a man that brings about the change that is needed in this city,» Jeffries, often mentioned as a possible challenger to de Blasio for the Democratic mayoral nomination in 2017, expressed lukewarm support for the de Blasio's efforts in reforming the island, but chided him for keeping the union out of the process.

But it paves the way for an all - out lobbying effort from activists and labor unions such as DC - 37 and the New York State Nurses Association, which argue that the current definition of safety net is overly broad and that dozens of hospitals, which serve the state's poorest residents, are unable to survive on the current Medicaid rates.

ALBANY — The head of the city teachers union dismissed as «a load of crap» state Senate GOP efforts to tie the renewal of a law granting Mayor de Blasio control over the city school system to an expansion of charter schools.

The «housekeeping» or soft money campaign account for the state Democratic Committee in the last six months has raised heavily from a variety of labor unions as Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to topple Republican House members who have backed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.