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«Keep in mind, he still has to work with the two big unions who left,» Greer continued.

Not exact matches

Many lenders are in the game: big banks ($ 10 billion - plus in assets), smaller, regional banks, credit unions, alternative lenders and, increasingly, institutional investors who buy loans on marketplace lending platforms.

The famously successful investor Warren Buffett — who has raked in billions guided by his motto to «Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful» — probably took a big loss like the rest of us after the U.K. voted to leave the European Union last week.

The brawling is about big salaries, offices, with soft leather chairs and jarrah - top tables, that overlook the Swan River, interstate and overseas trips, and the power to promote the next generation of young Laborites who, more often than not, hail from student union ranks on Perth's four publicly - owned tertiary campuses.

Lithuania only got to the games thanks to funding from small time donors and one big contributor: THE Grateful Dead (pictured), who commissioned the t - shirts in support of the team / country's recent independence from the Soviet Union.

The European Union is, after all, an economic superpower in its own right — far too big and rich for America to have much direct influence — led by sophisticated people who should be able to manage their own affairs.

We were curious about how it looks to the crew and the passengers in third class, so we made some calls to union leaders, anti-poverty activists, and various economists and historians who make it their business to study big business without being part of the action.»

This data - gathering machinery can be used to shape who we vote for, or whether we vote at all, or how we make choices on big referendums, such as whether Britain leaves the European Union.

The wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations would share the tax burden with those (including many union members) who enjoy the most generous employer - provided health plans and those (including inner - city residents with suburban jobs) who commute long distances in gas - guzzling cars.

That business also came stuffed with the cheap and cheerful brand, Blossom Hill, a big favourite among the sun - starved British who've got plenty on their hands as they contemplate a vote on an exit from the European Union.

Minor leaguers (who don't have a union) can get heavy suspensions for weed, but there's nothing in MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program that says big leaguers can get suspended for it.

BYU is a big place, and there are people like me who go there (my wife, for example, is a grad), but we picked up that the kind of folks who were likely to have a union card and a temple recommend were more likely to be at Utah.

Players from the former Soviet Union, who 10 seasons ago arrived in the NHL to loathing and mistrust, have made the league bigger, better and brassier

The SFA, in an unprecedented unilateral decision by its «urgency committee», has dismissed the arbitrators chosen by the Serbian Players Union and appointed officials with links to the biggest clubs, Red Star and Partizan Belgrade, as the chamber's chairman and vice-chairman, who typically will have the casting vote in disputes.

We argue for it precisely because we are proud citizens of our country — Britain — who believe that in the 21st Century, we should maintain our partnership with the biggest political union and largest commercial market on our doorstep; not in diminution of our national interest, but in satisfaction of it.

This was a big switch for the former Blue Dog congresswoman, who had previously supported civil unions — much like Sen. Chuck Schumer (although he has since changed his position, too) and President Obama, who now says he's still struggling with this subject, but his views are evolving.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

NYC's biggest police union is demanding a do - over of the recent parole board decision to free convicted cop killer Herman Bell, requesting a hearing on behalf of the widow of Officer Joseph Piagentini, who was assassinated with his partner, Waverly Jones, in 1971.

There was a big difference between those separatists who fought their own union in Nottingham and went back to work and those who didn't.

This is really a big win for unions (and they need one, considering the battle they're facing with Cuomo in the next budget cycle) and also for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who stood right next to DiNapoli early this morning during victory speech.

«The «big society» is a con, dreamt up by his so - called experts who have never spent a day working in the sector,» public sector union Unite's national officer Rachael Maskell said.

De Blasio, who was elected to his current office with a big hand from organized labor, hasn't had much formal union support to speak of so far this year.

Unions like the powerful Service Employees International Union Local 1199, SEIU 32BJ, the state Nurse's Association, and the Communications Workers of America were among those who gave big amounts to the county committees though they never had before.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union added: «The truth is, this government shamefully has very little interest in challenging wealthy individuals and big businesses who deprive our economy of tens of billions of pounds by dodging paying taxes they owe.»

Another big union spender last year was the Communication Workers of America District 1, a close ally of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who led a fundraising effort to win Democratic control of the state Senate.

He told Radio 4's the World at One: «I don't think it's a surprise that Dave Ward, who's a big supporter of Jeremy, has pulled his union in around him, but ultimately this is a members» election — they will be the ones that decide who the leader is.»

To union leaders and public education advocates, it looks as if Cuomo negotiated the bill in order to appease the political left before a tough campaign season and then waited until after he won re-election to announce plans to veto it, exacting revenge on teachers, who are among his biggest critics.

The governor, meanwhile, wanted the WFP endorsement, a tool of the city's biggest unions, primarily to cripple his challenger in the Democratic primary, Zephyr Teachout, who would have benefited enormously from WFP backing.

«I don't think he offered a bigger vision... about where we're going,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who described the mayor's contentious tone toward labor unions and Albany as «classic Michael Bloomberg.»

Yes, we do still take some very big donations because we have to compete with the Labour Party who can literally pick up the phone to three unions and get the money, but we have massively broadened the number of people giving # 50,000.»

«I am humbled by the more than 193,000 members, supporters and trade union members who have put their faith in me and I want to say a big thank you to them.

ALBANY — Bernie Sanders may be the one supporting a $ 15 federal minimum wage, but it's Hillary Clinton who has scooped up support from almost all of the state's biggest and most powerful unions.

«You have the largest labor unions in the room who also have been our biggest funders arguing Cynthia should not get the W.F.P. line, which is a pretty forceful argument coming from your biggest funders,» said one participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting and for fear of angering Mr. Cuomo.

Irwin's campaign disclosure form reads like a «who's who» of big union players, including max - out contributions from AFSCME, the California School Employees Association, the California State Council of Laborer's PAC, the California Teachers Association, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Local 6434, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California and the United Nurses Associunion players, including max - out contributions from AFSCME, the California School Employees Association, the California State Council of Laborer's PAC, the California Teachers Association, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Local 6434, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California and the United Nurses AssociUnion Local 1000, the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California and the United Nurses Association

Asking whether Mr Miliband would now say what he supports, foreign secretary William Hague said: «Or will he follow the unions who fixed the election for him, and Ed Balls and Gordon Brown who tutored him, in running away from the biggest problem facing the country and abandoning the centre ground of British politics?»

And McGuire's rant shows that the big labor unions are pissed, believing that an executive who could otherwise help them (ideologically or individually) will now spend the next four years exacting vengeance.

The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership / BIG STEP, Building Advantage and the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council are trying to ensure existing union members who qualify are certified.

The data controversy came at a terrible time for Sanders, who on Thursday scored two big endorsements from the progressive group, Democracy for America, and the 700,000 - member Communications Workers of America union.

«This is going to be the biggest change for a generation,» the minister in charge of exiting the European Union, David Davis, has said, before calling for those who voted on either side to now come together.

Walker said it didn't matter to him who ran against him because he views his opponent as «big money from out of state from public employee unions.»

One of the pragmatic reasons the union officials who play such a big role in the WFP's operation wanted to give him its nomination rather than backing an obscure law professor whose lack of name recognition at the time was equaled only by her paucity of funding was that they felt more confident he could produce the 50,000 votes on the WFP line necessary to preserve its spot on the state ballot four years from now.

But to the surprise of many, Unite's Len McCluskey, leader of Britain's biggest union, who has spoken out against an opt - in system in the past, welcomed Mr Miliband's proposal.

But the biggest takeaway is that scientists should be careful before declaring an animal can't sense something, says Robert Olberg, an insect neuroscientist at Union College in Schenectady, New York, who was not involved with the research.

This follows previous rumours that WB was inviting pitches for a live - action big screen adaptation of the story, which takes place in an alternate world where Kal - El's rocket ship landed in the Soviet Union as opposed the United States, with Superman raised as «the Champion of the common worker who fights a never - ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact»...

Leadership for American education has increasingly been provided by big - city and state superintendents, professors of education, and officials of the education associations and teacher unions who see little need to respond to the uninformed views of the general public and of parents.

Similarly, Professor Jonathan Matsusaka, who is president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California, said that the union's claims amount to a «big stretch.»

To win that war, those of us who see teachers unions as the biggest impediment to any real education reform can not afford to let up.

The teachers union's annual Leadership Conference starts today (click here to see the program), and perhaps the biggest question on members» minds is who will rise to challenge UTLA President Warren Fletcher as he seeks reelection in January.

«The big problem is the district and the union have not figured out how much weight they will count for,» said Fernandez, who...

As noted in a New York Times piece, she could face some sticky moments as the teacher union candidate and as one who is looking for big donations from rich Democrats who happen to favor the reforms that the teachers unions despise.