Sentences with phrase «at organized labor»

A one - year salary freeze, she added, would be «a beginning, and it's a shot across the bow at organized labor, which has to date been uncompromising.»

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos just issued a statement lamenting the loss of soon - to - be-former Sen. Frank Padavan and took a shot at organized labor for abandoning the veteran Queens lawmaker in favor of his Democratic challenger, former NYC Councilman Tony Avella.

The biggest shot Cuomo has taken at organized labor was the 2012 agreement to reduce pension benefits for new workers.

Not exact matches

After initial support while serving as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton is being iffy at best about whether she will support the President Barack Obama - backed Asian trade deal, which organized labor opposes.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma González and civil - rights activist and organized - labor icon Dolores Huerta are among those being celebrated at the annual Diversity Honors on Friday, April 27, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in...

We had no objection to industry's paying a good part of the bill so long as organized labor equally approved the notion and contributed at least something to prove it.

In obedience to this, Christians must oppose segregation at every level and in every form; they must support the rights of labor to organize for collective bargaining.

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But most politicians and political campaigns still labor in the shadows of popular indifference (for instance on Twitter and even Facebook), and should not assume that people come to them — if one want them to be involved, one needs to mobilize and organize them, one at a time, on their terms, using their tools.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The current structure of 421a was extended for six months (expiring at the end of this year), as developers and organized labor negotiated construction wages.

Also at 1 p.m., the New York Civil Liberties Union presents oral arguments in the Albany County Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of farmworkers from the state labor law that protects employees who organize, Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle St., Albany.

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaderAt the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaderat political and business leaders.

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Local campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on and on.

Speaking to the press after meeting with union representatives at Da Noi restaurant in Staten Island, Mr. Recchia, a Democrat, tried to portray himself as a friend to organized labor — but came up short when asked for details about his positions.

ALBANY — Amid concerns from organized labor, the Democratic - led Assembly appears to be balking at the existing version of a constitutional amendment that would strip pensions from corrupt lawmakers.

At the labor strategy session, I heard it explained that some years ago, unions invested big in organizing — but were unable to staunch the loss of members, especially in the private sector.

There are mixed reports as to whether Fossella really is interested in running during this cycle — perhaps the GOP's best shot at winning back the seat from Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who is on the outs with organized labor and the WFP for his «no» vote on health care reform — or is laying the groundwork for a run two years from now.

Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.

In her quarterly state of the town address at Southampton Town Hall on Friday, Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst painted a picture of a town on the comeback, with organized labor, local businesses, and the town board working in harmony.

Led by New Yorkers for Clean Livable and Streets, also known as NYCLASS, the activists and council members at the press conference expressed optimism that the legislation would ultimately pass the City Council next spring and become law, despite the opposition of organized labor and a sizable number of council members.

Schneiderman's liberal leanings would likely make him a tough sell with more conservative Democrats upstate, though he has strong ties to organized labor, which helps at the ballot box.

The Daily News reported in April that two of its biggest organized - labor benefactors, the Hotel and Motel Trades Council and 1199 SEIU, the healthcare workers union and the state's largest, quietly withdrew their support for the WFP at the end of 2014.

LaBarbera and representatives of construction labor management funds, which advocate for companies that use organized labor and related unions, said it was clear the real estate lobbying group had more sway at City Hall than they did, given that they were not invited into the 421 - a discussions the administration and REBNY had engaged in.

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.

The National Labor Relations Board will review a United Auto Workers petition to organize graduate students at The New School because the issue «raises substantial issues,» it said in an order.

Next month, one of the most powerful labor unions in NYC can begin organizing workers at Tavern on the Green, which had been a union shop for decades.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about New York State's infrastructure needs, along with other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, North Greenbush Town Hall, 2 Douglas St., Wynantskill.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, hosted by Sen. Sue Serino, County Executive Marcus Molinaro and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and local businesses, will hold a press conference, County Bridge PV - 15, North Ave over Swallow Stream, Pleasant Valley.

At last year's Labor Day Parade, we launched the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, and this Labor Day, I want to celebrate the many significant milestones we achieved and thank our partners in organized labor for the vital roles they played in achieving these accomplishmLabor Day Parade, we launched the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, and this Labor Day, I want to celebrate the many significant milestones we achieved and thank our partners in organized labor for the vital roles they played in achieving these accomplishmLabor Day, I want to celebrate the many significant milestones we achieved and thank our partners in organized labor for the vital roles they played in achieving these accomplishmlabor for the vital roles they played in achieving these accomplishments.

«Now this would have been a very dangerous precedent, in my opinion, because if government didn't require organized labor to be at the table, then for sure those real estate developers weren't going to bring organized labor to the table.

Nonetheless, in the article, Freedlander looks at Cuomo's appeal to organized labor and the middle class and quotes a few experts — inlcuding WBEN's Michael Caputo — who see some Trump vulnerability.

Speaking at a breakfast for organized labor workers in May 2014, Heastie remarked, «Raising the minimum wage for organized workers is the key to a good economy for all of us — when workers have more money, they put it right back into the state's economy.»

New York labor unions will likely have a difficult time organizing workers, even with an influx of thousands of jobs at once.

The governor's campaign said that no member of Mr. Cuomo's administration was at the meeting on Friday, and characterized it as an internal dispute «between its founding labor unions and their organizing groups.»

While Crist would be a strong favorite in a general election, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) has impressed as a candidate — consolidating organized labor behind him and showing very solid fundraising ($ 1.8 million on hand at the end of last month).

Taking a dig at a top rival in the race, former Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik, the spokesman added that it was a «hard choice» between endorsing Ms. Lynch and attorney Ali Najmi, another Democrat running in the primary without any organized labor endorsements.

The developer may still sell the property and real industry insiders are bristling at the agreement to use higher - priced, organized labor on the project.

His former colleagues in the state Legislature always give him the loudest cheers at state events, he is a darling of organized labor and was elected in 2014 with more votes than either Schneiderman or Cuomo.

Their clout at City Hall reflects the power of organized labor under de Blasio — especially of those activist unions that share the mayor's progressive ideology.

But what will unionization bring the postdocs at UCHC and any other campuses that may follow them into the ranks of organized labor?

At the height of the war between Ronald Reagan and organized labor, the AFT invited the president to speak at its convention, and Reagan accepteAt the height of the war between Ronald Reagan and organized labor, the AFT invited the president to speak at its convention, and Reagan accepteat its convention, and Reagan accepted.

At the end of summer, I'd drag my poor husband and daughter in as manual labor to help me organize my mountains of mess.

CMSA is perhaps best known for having fired a pregnant teacher in 2010 who was involved in organizing a union at the school, then defending itself against a labor relations board action by claiming it was a private, not a public school.

Back in March, officials at the city's department of education informed Jill Bloomberg, the principal at the secondary school Park Slope Collegiate in Brooklyn, that she was under investigation for political organizing during school hours on behalf of the Progressive Labor Party.

At least in terms of education policy, the deal seems to continue to bolster Dayton's image as a DFLer who appears to be willing to go to the mat to protect the right to collective bargaining yet isn't terribly concerned about crossing organized labor.

If, as «reformers» suggest, the public school system or the presence of organized labor was really the key factor in harming American education, then those wealthy schools would be in serious crisis — and wouldn't be at the top of the international charts.

Although the AFT has scheduled a «labor action» during the convention (Sunday afternoon), instead of protesting against the Chicago attack on the teachers in six schools (and a few others not as complete or dramatic), the nation's teacher union will be protesting at a hospital (St. Joseph's) on the lakefront in support of the nurses and other hospital staff trying to organize medical workers at Resurrection hospitals in Chicago.