Sentences with phrase «because of the labor union»

Republicans say they lost the Legislature and only squeaked to victory in some other races because of labor unions.

September 29, 2012 • Catholics used to reliably side with Democrats, in large part because of the labor union movement.

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Labor unions have pushed for approval of the pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would increase greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands.

Last month, the union filed a complaint with a federal labor board on behalf of scores of workers who it says were laid off because they support the union.

He voted for results that favored labor unions even though he thought that union successes tended mainly to impoverish other workers, because his philosophy of struggle implied that unions should be allowed to employ their most powerful weapons.

Such congregations — perhaps because they are made up of a disproportionate number of parishioners who are in management — commonly think of labor unions as corrupt and grasping.

Because of the low wages they pay workers in South Africa and Latin America, treating their financial losses as tax write offs, when labor negotiations were going on and violence threatened, the companies certainly had the upper hand; the unions accepted a substantial cut in wages and benefits.

The president of the country's largest labor union told delegates at her organization's annual gathering that they would not work with the Trump administration because the president and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could not be trusted to do what is in the best interests of children.

«They are coming at the union movement piece by piece,» he said to the assembled union leaders and members, because of labor's political clout and «because you built and protect the middle class.»

But because the parking lot was tied to a hotel, ESD told the developers they would need to reach a «labor peace agreement» with a local union — a negotiation that could have significantly boosted the cost of the project.

Most of the reason is because of democratic constituency initiatives of labor unions and trial lawyers.

But $ 15 «has become the standard» for labor groups in part because of the advocacy of fast - food workers in particular, said Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union.

That's because in addition to advising Mayor de Blasio, Rosen's firm, BerlinRosen, also advises real estate companies — like Forest City Ratner and SL Green; labor unions, like SEIU and Communication Workers of America; and progressive advocacy groups like Coalition for the Homeless.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

Because if in New York state which is a bastion of labor support, if you can get a New York City construction project that is government subsidized to be open shop, then you have really diminished union labor.

One top labor official said John Samuelsen, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, was beefing with Mr. de Blasio simply because the mayor's Vision Zero initiative initially forced bus drivers to automatically face misdemeanor charges if they injured or killed pedestrians crossing with the light in their favor.

At the same time, according to Republican Senator Joe Griffo, there's some angst among G.O.P. members because of Klein's sudden abandonment this summer — under pressure from de Blasio and major labor unions who were threatening the I.D.C. with primary challenges — of the current coalition structure.

Brian Higgins is a congressman for life because of his inpenetrable labor support in a district where one in every 5 voters is in a union.

That's because the union's decision, sources say, was partially the result of heavy lobbying from other labor groups that are snubbing or actively opposing the governor.

And working in these environments has the advantage of forging more productive relations with school administrators because of the absence of restrictive union work rules that contribute to daily standoffs between management and labor.

There will be a growing substitution of technology for labor and thus a steep decline in the number of teachers (and union members) per student; a dispersion of the teaching labor force, which will no longer be so geographically concentrated in districts (because online teachers can be anywhere); and a proliferation of new online providers and choice options, attracting away students, money, and jobs.

As for the call to involve parents in labor negotiations, Khoury said there could be legal obstacles because all unions would have to agree to them being part of the bargaining process.

The most damaging area of privatization for organized labor is education, because the unions lose serious money when teachers take jobs in non-unionized, non-public schools.

NEFW was co-created by AAE and the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) because labor unions like the NEA don't inform their members of their legal rights to opt - out of membership, leaving millions of teachers and other employees completely unaware that they have options.

Yet, because of laws that favor powerful unions and «labor peace» over the rights of individuals, millions of public school teachers have lost their rights to free speech and free association.

The president of the country's largest labor union, Lily Eskelsen García of the National Education Association, told delegates at her organization's annual gathering that they would not work with the Trump administration because the president and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could not be trusted to do what is in the best interests of children.

Because Congress passed Title VII out of a profound distrust of events taking place across the bargaining table — a concern which has been buttressed by the record of many unions in the federal courts since 1965 — the presumption in these cases should be that the bargaining agent is not doing its best to eradicate discrimination, and the burden should rest upon such a labor organization to show otherwise.

The union leadership is important because the ambitious building renovation program requires a lot of skilled labor.

Because of the long hours, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, and poor treatment by management, labor unions organized and workers began holding strikes and protest rallies.