Sentences with phrase «by the union members»

Close to nine years of concessions and frustration seemingly exploded into a series of very public tantrums by union members this March.

This $ 300 - million budget deficit is not paid for by additional government debt, but by union members who must increase their contributions to the pension fund.

About 350 McCains workers will walk off the job on Wednesday amid claims by the union its members are being denied requests for holidays made months in advance.

Not all the Momentive workers are happy with the three - year contract that ended their 105 - day strike, though it was approved in a 317 - 211 by union members.

Many are in isolated and rural areas, opening in Wick in Caithness and closing in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, collecting petitions in each of threatened offices signed by union members, local staff and the public in each location.

But it wasn't, and in the first Queen's speech the Conservatives announced that they would be introducing trade union legislation that would include, amongst other things, the «opting in by union members to contribute to political funds».

Transit workers, joined by union members from across the country, gathered in Times Square on Wednesday to rally against a major airline's plan to open a new maintenance facility overseas.

The move at Wednesday's meeting followed pleas by union members to approve the measure and an attempt to modify it.

Its ratification by union members will come in a mailed ballot, which should be completed in August.

The state Web page includes a link to a photo of the governor surrounded by union members and text urging New Yorkers to «Join the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice to give every New Yorker a chance.»

Ministers say this will ensure strikes are the result of «clear, positive and recent decisions» by union members as well as ensuring that disruption to essential public services has a democratic mandate.

But that tentative agreement was soundly defeated by union members, said Steven Miller, county commissioner of human resources.

A landmark agreement to use student test scores for the first time in evaluating Los Angeles Unified teachers was approved by union members Saturday.

A new agreement between WCCUSD and the United Teachers of Richmond (UTR) bargaining team will, if ratified by union members, * increase teacher salaries by 5 % effective March 1st.

But on a serious note, please keep in mind that while it was the ISTA bosses who bribed their members to come out and protest, the goodies were paid for by union members themselves.

Taylor Federation of Teachers President Linda Moore said the tentative agreement is scheduled to be voted on by union members next week.

The dues paid to the union by its membership help to pay for the cost of activities, education or events engaged in by the union members.

With the Obama Administration willing to sacrifice jobs and economic development for some perceived environmental legacy, it is time for unions to abandon the historic allegiance to the Democrat Party and realize that it is the Republicans who advocate for policies that protect the jobs in construction, manufacturing, mining, and energy — all well - paying positions that are often filled by union members.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The Freelancers Union, which represents 165,000 people nationwide, found that more than three - quarters of its members reported having been cheated by a client, with an average loss of $ 6,000.

Members of local unions will vote by mail, at mass membership meetings, and at walk - in balloting meetings and all results are due back to the CWA by June 17, according to Bob Master, assistant to the vice president at the CWA.

In early May, the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union hammered out a collective agreement, now ratified by the union's 4,500 members, that will last an unprecedented eight yUnion hammered out a collective agreement, now ratified by the union's 4,500 members, that will last an unprecedented eight yunion's 4,500 members, that will last an unprecedented eight years.

Despite trade unions» stated commitment to their members» work - life balance, it is workplaces covered by collective agreements that are typically the most rigid about the time and place of work.

Instead, the political regime for controlling trade in the industry has been a quota system on imports, maintained by such western countries as Canada, the United States and European Union members.

One Occupy rally I stumbled across here in Toronto featured speakers from a big trade union, members of which enjoy jobs that pay relatively well, and a representative of one of Canada's aboriginal groups, whose complaints are legitimate but have little to do with having been left behind by capitalism.

Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor, said his union's members at Canadian Ford plants won't be affected in the short term by the accelerated cost - cutting program announced Wednesday.

To drive down labor costs, a company replaces a regulated, protected class of worker (members of a union) with a non-protected worker (by relocating to non-union states or countries with a lower labor cost).

The latest flash estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2015 show that the economy expanded 0.3 percent in the 19 - country euro zone, and by 0.4 percent in the 28 - member European Union, from the previous quarter.

Though the U.K. remains a full member of the European Union until, at least, March of 2019, transitional talks need to end by October of this year to allow enough time for parliamentary approval across the EU — giving U.K. and EU negotiators less than 10 months to decide how both sides will cooperate in the future.

The great majority of my community, which is populated heavily by academics, educators and union members, is somewhere to the left of Karl Marx.

Salary figures for the cancelled 2004 - 05 season aren't easy to come by, but a web archive search of the NHLPA's website on Sept. 16, 2004 — the day the lockout started — provides compensation figures on union members.

A NEW electronic commerce - based insurance company for credit unions and their members has been formed by the Credit Union Services Corporation.

The union that represents Ford Motor's Canadian manufacturing workers reached a tentative contract agreement on Tuesday, averting a strike but setting up what may be a difficult campaign to get the deal approved by members.

In the face of this escalation in market instability, recent measures by the European Union and its member states, the IMF, and the ECB and other central banks have provided investors with some confidence that the underlying issues are being addressed, and that support mechanisms are in place.

In it he shared a post written by geopolitical strategist George Friedman that describes a recent meeting among six foreign ministers representing the European Union's founding member states: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

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But a majority of Americans, Republican lawmakers and construction union members welcomed the prospect of boosting reliance on a firm U.S. ally for new supplies of the heavy crude, which would be shipped by a pipeline built largely in this country and processed at Gulf Coast refineries uniquely capable of dealing with the low - grade oil.

Legislation introduced in September by D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange (D - At Large) and backed by a hotel workers» union would limit hosts to one listing at a time and require hosts to live on - site during guests» stays.

While you could argue the choice of topic was motivated by the political and professional interests of the 40,000 - member provincial teachers» union and regulatory association — and someone is sure to — no one can claim Environics is not a quality public opinion research firm using solid methodology.

And this Sunday, on the eve of the Paris summit, PSAC and other union members will be turning out in support, marching in Ottawa for a 100 % clean energy economy by 2050.

And by «we,» incidentally, I mean PSAC members, not just elected representatives and union staff.

ECB board member Benoit Coeure also warned that the European Union should not be fooled by the recent advances in the financial markets.

It is also concerned about council members being placed in difficult situations, when the majority of the donations are coming from companies and unions that have a direct interest in decisions made by city council.»

A credit union is similar to a local bank, but instead of being a small business, it's a cooperative financial institution owned by its members.

The potential for a Greek exit also raises a broader question regarding the perceived irreversibility of the monetary union undertaken by the other 18 members of the eurozone.

Since Cyprus is one of the European Union members, its license is generally accepted by other EU countries.

All members of society could obtain a union sanctioned by the government.

But Merkel's brand of ostensibly less patriotic politics is seen as more threatening by other members of the European Union.

And would you have him nearer to you than to be in the same nature, united to you by a spiritual union, so close as to be fitly represented by the union of the wife to the husband, of the branch to the vine, of the member to the head; yea, so as to be one spirit?

«Therefore that joining together of head and members, that indwelling of Christ in our hearts — in short that mystical union — are accorded by us the highest degree of importance.»