Sentences with phrase «became leader of a union»

The then 19 - year - old Mr McCluskey became a shop steward and helped unionise the white - collar staff, and then became leader of a union branch - the 5, 6, 7 branch.

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The leader of the Front National has pledged to hold a referendum on leaving the European Union and the single currency within six months of becoming president.

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«Their kidnapping took place», continued the BBC report, «during a period of massive state repression of left - wing activists, union leaders and social activists which became known as the «Dirty War».

People who were shut out of the upper middle class until then and became union leaders instead, were coopted into the establishment based upon their abilities and the content of their character.

Labour would be unlikely to hold an in / out referendum on membership of the European Union, if Ed Miliband becomes prime minister, the Labour leader admits.

Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union which has donated over # 8 million to Labour since Ed Miliband became leader, has voiced a careful warning to Labour, calling the move a «gamble».

Meanwhile, the idea of a new Act of Union to replace the 1707 original has been floated in the past by Dennis Canavan, the then maverick Labour MP who later became chair of Yes Scotland for the 2014 independence referendum; and more recently by the likes of former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell and former Labour Welsh Secretary Peter Hain.

[1][2] She is married to former trade union leader Jack Dromey, who became Treasurer of the Labour Party in 2004 and MP for Birmingham Erdington in 2010.

According to him many of the reports centred on Governor Fayose's appeal to labour union leaders in the state and some contained in his media interviews, where he tried to falsify the state's debt portfolio in a manner that has become the standard practice of his regime in the bid to appeal to the striking workers.

All of the dogmatic rhetoric from fat cat trade union leaders on six - figure salaries and the money they are spending on anti-cuts campaigns can not disguise the fact that trade unions are becoming less relevant to the British workforce.

A number of other senior Labour figures also took up senior positions: the trade union leader Ernest Bevin, as Minister of Labour, directed Britain's wartime economy and allocation of manpower, the veteran Labour statesman Herbert Morrison became Home Secretary, Hugh Dalton was Minister of Economic Warfare and later President of the Board of Trade, while A. V. Alexander resumed the role he had held in the previous Labour Government as First Lord of the Admiralty.

On Friday Labour's Ed Miliband published a list of the 43 meetings and dinners he has had with trade union bosses and individual donors since becoming party leader.

In recent months, he invited public - sector unions to become his partners, even sending their leaders copies of «The Man Who Saved New York,» a biography of former Gov. Hugh L. Carey, which recounts how Mr. Carey, a Democrat, teamed up with labor leaders in similar fashion in the 1970s.

In the 1994 leadership contest, Tony Blair swept up the union votes, although most of the heads of the big unions would have prevented him becoming leader, if only they had known how.

Frank Hodges (30 April 1887 — 3 June 1947) was an English trade union leader, who became General Secretary of the Miners» Federation of Great Britain.

Keeping labor relatively happy, however, helps Cuomo become the leader of a new national Democratic identity, one that contrasts with the Republican right's union - bashing yet is fiscally conservative and socially progressive.

After studying government at Colby College in Maine, she became a labor organizer herself, working alongside the Teamsters union and local political groups and eventually serving as a Democratic district leader until she was hired by the de Blasio administration in February of 2014.

The 10 - term senator from Syracuse kept the piles of accusations and actuarial estimates as proof of how ludicrous he thought it was for so many state leaders, union officials and local news outlets to take Destiny USA developer Robert Congel's word that Carousel Center mall would become a vacation destination with a hotel tower, an indoor Erie Canal and a renewable energy research park.

Ed Miliband has won the backing of Britain's second biggest union, Unison, in his campaign to become the next leader of the Labour Party.

But it'll be up to the whole of Labour's electoral college to decide - a candidate needs the backing of MPs, grassroots members and trade unions to become the next leader.

According to him, the development, which has become of great concern to many countries across the world, should be key on the agenda for African leaders attending the African Union (AU) Ordinary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The incoming leader of Assembly Democrats said it was «startling» that Republican Gov. - elect Scott Walker would float the possibility of essentially abolishing state employee unions, and that it appeared he wanted Wisconsin to become a right - to - work state.

On the run after a botched assassination attempt on a labor union leader, Clement (Jean - Louis Trintignant)-- the scion of a wealthy French family and a secret right - wing terrorist — becomes part of an intense romantic triangle.

Both union and district leaders know that the memorandums of understanding provide a window of time to evaluate the program and determine if it's something that should become part of a binding contract.

He says there were plans eventually to offer the autonomy to all qualifying principals because their union worried about the New Leaders becoming a «favored group of principals with tools that other principals did not have.»

The foundation has already committed some $ 135 million to overhauling fundamental aspects of urban school districts: identifying new sources of talent for positions of authority; developing alternative training methods for managers, principals, and teachers union leaders; creating new tools for analyzing performance data; and working with school boards to help those sometimes obstructionist bodies become more focused on student learning than on petty power plays.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, also commented: «Just as we are becoming more aware of children's mental health issues the resources are being taken away.

I want every child to have quality school choices, I want stronger (and broader) external standards, I want more open paths to becoming an educator, I want empowered school leaders (really empowered, in ways that would also break the union stranglehold) who are compensated like CEOs, I want super pay for great instructors and no pay for incompetents, and I want a complete makeover of «local control.»

Seventeen years and a host of education reforms separate public declarations by its highest - ranking officials that the nation's largest labor union should become a leader of education reform.

After nearly a decade of relatively harmonious labor relations, signs of rising teacher unrest have become increasingly evident in recent months, educators and union leaders say.

The National Union of Teachers» leader Christine Blower said that the headline figures «mask underlying issues which will only become clear over time».

When schools were «stigmatised» by bad Ofsted reports, recruiting staff and pupils became more difficult and schools could be «trapped in cycles of underperformance», said Mr Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers» union.

The work of a savvy chapter leader can «put out a lot of problems before they become big problems,» said union chapter leader and E4E - New York member Tara...

Los Angeles teachers union President Warren Fletcher said he would no longer actively campaign for reelection, clearing the path for challenger Alex Caputo - Pearl to become the next leader of United Teachers Los Angeles.

Russell Hobby, General Secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, said: «Our schools depend heavily on the volunteer army of people who choose to become school governors.

Millions of dollars less to spend on their pet candidates and causes might shake up union leaders — all of whom have become all - too - comfy with their all - too - compliant members — and force them to be more responsive to those they insist on representing.

Perhaps even more telling, the «Don't let us become Wisconsin» is the campaign strategy that some union leaders are utilizing in other parts of the nation.

Such naivete explains why the Obama Administration has continually promoted case studies of reform - minded school leaders working closely with NEA and AFT locals, why Class Struggle author Steve Brill floated the laughable idea of Weingarten becoming chancellor of New York City's traditional district three years ago, and why organizations such as Educators4Excellence and Teach Plus — which represent younger, reform - minded teachers who now make up the majority of NEA and AFT rank - and - filers (and are staffed by teachers who are themselves centrist and progressive Democrats)-- work so hard to aim to lead reform from within union ranks.

Previously, the leaders of the nation's two largest teachers unions called for delaying test - based consequences for teachers as schools become used to the new exams.

Political leaders will celebrate in Zagreb today as Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.