Sentences with phrase «battle against the union»

So, the unstoppable mayor simply pivoted and went with Plan B. «We also had a Plan C,» Villaraigosa joked, reviewing his battles against the union.

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Google Inc. (GOOG) is shaking up its news service in Europe, in a move that may help beleaguered publishers, bolster its position vis - a-vis Facebook Inc. (FB)-- and gain the company some allies in its battle against European Union antitrust charges.

On other fronts throughout the 1920s, the editors attacked racism and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, preached peace, opposed U.S. intervention in Central America, urged the diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union, supported Protestant ecumenism, and waged a battle against the fundamentalists.

Also, a number of unions continue to support IDC Leader Jeff Klein in his primary battle with former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell, though they are supporting — or at least promising to support — primary challengers to other IDC members, including former NYC Comptroller John Liu, who is running against the IDC's newest member, Queens Sen. Tony Avella.

The union has been heavily involved in policy battles at the state Capitol over the past year, weighing on the fight against both the soda tax and wine - in - grocery stores (both dead for the time being).

In that race, Republican John Robitaille, who is against gay marriage, is battling two candidates, independent former Sen. Lincoln Chafee and Democrat Frank Caprio, who say they would sign a bill making same - sex unions legal.

After Communications Workers of America won its battle against corporate giant Verizon, labor unions may be giving companies like Macy's a run for its money.

While unions and their allies spent most of their campaign funds on Democratic legislative candidates and the groups they battled against favored Senate Republicans and Cuomo, both sides often gave to the same candidates.

The U.F.T., more than any other local teachers union, including New York State United Teachers, has been at the forefront of the battle against Cuomo.

Members also met with Rob Wainwright, executive director of Europol, the organization that assists 28 European Union nation in the battle against international crime and terrorism.

Golub is a high - profile lawyer who has won multi-million-dollar cases and has represented not only the state employee union coalition, but also the state Democratic party in its ongoing legal battle against the State Election Enforcement Commission over the legality of financing of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election campaign.

However the proposals still face a tough battle with some in the Conservative party who believe the plans are too weak and would make the situation worse by providing nationalist MPs with a «battering ram against the Union».

It is the tribal tone of the dispute, rather than its content, that is the focus of the second front in this battle — the Conservative party's pre-election offensive against Labour's links to the trade union movement.

Instead of titanic mid-ocean struggles between the West and the Soviet Union, Western military tacticians believe that future battles will be fought along coastlines against developing countries or small regional powers.

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The teacher unions are also battling against charter schools - which, while public, need not be unionized, and which draw students and money away from the regular public schools where union members teach.

After a series of bloody battles against his old union friends, including a 2007 loss in the courts, the mayor gained the upper hand last fall when the L.A. school board passed a radical reform plan that he helped to craft.

By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding (see Figure 1), financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an «air war» against charters.

Mark Pudlow, spokesperson for the Florida Education Association, the teachers union that has fought pitched battles against many of Florida's recent initiatives, acknowledges the result of Florida Virtual School's approach: «[It] never developed the kind of mistrust that tends to be associated with other reform ideas.»

Education reform often appears a zero - sum battle, one that pits crusaders demanding accountability and choice against much of the traditional education establishment, including teachers unions.

Anne Lemon, of the union's executive, told the conference: «This is the next phase in our battle against this government.

New York's Department of Education plans to release performance ratings for about 18,000 public school teachers Friday, the largest such disclosure in the country and the climax in a battle that has pitted the teachers union against parents, taxpayers and news organizations that demanded the data.

In any event, AFT's latest battles against education reform have been centered on Michigan and Pennsylvania — the former because it recently stopped forcing its teachers to join the union as a condition of employment and the latter because of a squabble over education funding.

Teachers union leader says battle's just begun Predicts labor inroads against GOP Washington Times

And with that, the teachers» unions joined the battle against federal power.

And with that, the teachers» unions joined the battle against federal power, power they'd long toiled to increase.

After winning a hard - fought battle against the teachers union to impose a new teacher evaluation system, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has turned to evaluating the training programs that...

As the unions battle teachers over forced dues payments, their efforts are equally fierce against a parent's right to choose the best school for their children.

They're graciously taking on the case pro bono, but it's mutually beneficial — because California's Parent Trigger law is at the forefront of an ed - reform battle raging hotly across America, pitting charter operators and radical reformers against powerful teachers unions.

The leading edge of student opposition has been the Providence Student Union, which has deployed intelligence and wit to lead the battle against the state's use of a standardized test (with the appropriate acronym of NECAP) as a graduation requirement.

Connecticut's students, parents and teachers need and deserve the help and support of Connecticut's teacher unions in this historic battle against the corporate education reform and testing industry and those like Governor Dannel Malloy who continue their anti-teacher, anti-student, anti-parent, anti-public education initiatives.

After winning a hard - fought battle against the teachers union to impose a new teacher evaluation system, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has turned to evaluating the training programs that produce the city's teachers.

fight and collect points for their respective Z - Union» while Party Battle will see teams of three players fight against powerful bosses.

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