Sentences with phrase «called on delegates»

With the threat of 4,200 teacher layoffs still looming as the school year draws to a close, an angry Michael Mulgrew called on the delegates to be prepared to hit the streets this summer in the event that even one teacher receives a pink slip.

The group called on delegates to vote with the interest of the state at the back of their minds, saying Bamidele stood out among the 33 aspirants seeking the party's ticket at the primary.

The Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has called on delegates to ensure that they resolve any lingering issues they might have before they leave the party's Extraordinary National Delegates» Conference in Kumasi Mr. Blay said the NPP can take a step closer to retaining power in the 2020 general elections if Sunday's Delegates» Conference...

The «One Man Supporter», Abraham Boakye has called on delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to vote for Alan Kyerematen, a presidential aspirant hopeful of the party, at the national congress in October.

Speaking to 1,000 people at the sold out conference, Broadbent called on delegates to seize this «once - in - a-generation opportunity for progressive change, an opportunity to ensure we have a fair voting system in which every voter counts, in which every citizen has a real opportunity to elect a candidate according to his or her values.

The man who has been calling on delegates within the ruling party to maintain him as the chairman of the party said on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen, Friday, that he arrived at that figure after a vigorous campaign.

I therefore want to call on the delegates who would be selecting a candidate for our party in tomorrow's primary to vote massively for me to enable me contest and bring back the glory that the NDC is noted for in the 2016 elections.

Therefore, I call on the delegate assembly to (reading from resolution) resolve that the UFT should mobilize teachers, parents and students towards a repeal of the Education Law 3012c and the new evaluation scheme.

He calls on delegates to create an open - ended Group of Governmental Experts in December then move to negotiations in 2018 and complete them within a year.

Not exact matches

A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.

Canadian Labour Congress president Hassan Yussuff called on convention delegates and all PSAC members to join the campaign to make a national pharmacare plan a reality.

The rapid development of technology and major advances in so - called «big data» will have significant effects on the dairy industry, delegates at the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Su...

«When I was in my late fifties,» he went on, «I told myself if I was still doing this in my sixties, I'd delegate the play - calling — just kinda «CEO it,» like all these other head coaches.»

Para 7: Calls on the Commission to bring forward a new delegated act that takes into consideration the findings of EFSA's review of the compositional requirements of processed cereal - based food, and scientific evidence on the effects of added sugar and the early introduction of processed foods in relation to optimal infant and young child feeding recommendations;

For now, potential future leadership candidates are still keeping beady eyes on the ultimate prize, courting conference delegates with private phone calls and dolling out advice to thinktank types sniffing aroundparliamentary seats.

I confess to a horror of selection of delegates by elections as they are currently carried on within the United States, given the joint import of so - called «single - issue» groups and the influence of basically limitless money that could be devoted to electing such a slate of delegates.

Delegates voted for two separate motions yesterday — one calling on the government to drop the health and social care bill altogether and the other arguing enough amendments had been made for the Liberal Democrats to now support it.

Despite the boos, a resolution calling on the IDC to return to the mainline conference fold was tabled by delegates at the first day of the convention.

Delegates at the 600,000 - member union's New York City confab on Saturday had supported an Iannuzzi - backed measure that declared a vote of no - confidence in state Education Commissioner John King and called on him to resign.

Professor Tunde Adeniran called for the cancellation of the entire exercise on the basis of the circulation of a unity list among the delegates.

Republicans aggressively pushed their convention theme, «We Built It,» while Democrats sought to turn it back on Mitt Romney, who was affirmed as the nominee by a roll call of delegates in the first significant moments of the event.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew appealed to delegates at the April 13 Delegate Assembly to join and bring colleagues along for a big action on Thursday, May 12, to call on the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes instead of cutting services to the middle class and the safety net for the poor.

The delegates approved two resolutions: one calling for the proper use of assessments to further education, and the other calling for the state Board of Regents to hold public hearings on the implementation of the required changes to the teacher evaluation system.

Iannuzzi told the delegates on Sunday that the results came in after 1 a.m., after which he called Magee and her supporters to congratulate them.

Baltimore mayor and secretary of the Democratic National Committee Stephanie Rawlings - Blake holds state delegate vote totals during roll call on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia.

The leaders said:» In view of this, the entire leadership of the party from the South West geo - political region hereby calls on all the delegates in Ekiti State to ensure full and active participation at the primary election on Friday.

Mr Boadu called on all stakeholders and party executives to give the committee the necessary support in the upcoming National Delegates Conference.

So, this Election Day, voters will vote on whether to hold a constitutional convention — or a «con con,» as it is sometimes called — and if the referendum passes, the people will then elect delegates, who would convene to potentially rewrite, or significantly propose modifications to the state constitution.

«In view of this, the entire leadership of the party from the South West geo - political region hereby calls on all the delegates in Ekiti State to ensure full and active participation at the primary election on Friday.

It triggered huge applause from delegates with calls for Labour to «rescue» the NHS from Cameron, but downplayed the health and social care policy by grouping it with broader reforms aiding the elderly on mental and physical health.

There is now a «clear and overwhelming consensus» among scientists over the reality and risks of climate change, Mr Noon told delegates, calling on the TUC and UK to show leadership and commitment towards averting its environmental impact.

Despite being informed in advance that MORE chapter leaders and delegates intended to raise this resolution for debate and voting, UFT leadership called time on the ten - minute new motion period, thus prohibiting this conversation.

John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw, received loud applause from Labour conference delegates when he called from the rostrum for the party to levy a «tax» on Labour MPs with second jobs and outside earnings, and on former Labour ministers who go on to earn fortunes from consultancies and directorships.

Governor Johnson called me on Wednesday to ask for my support as a LP convention delegate in Las Vegas.

The statement added that the governor was totally against imposition of candidates for positions and called on PDP leaders and delegates to make sacrifices for the unity of the party.

«It is a unfortunate that some people gathered at Cultural Centre, Calabar on Saturday and conducted what is called a kangaroo congress while we were still waiting for the list of some officers who are supposed to be delegates in the said congress.

On Monday, a small group of delegates attempted to oust Trump by calling for a vote on rule changeOn Monday, a small group of delegates attempted to oust Trump by calling for a vote on rule changeon rule changes.

2.30 pm: Delegates debate a motion on tackling violence against women which calls for all women's prisons to be closed and for most women offenders to be housed in supervision centres in the community.

10.08 am: Lib Dem delegates have called on the government to make it easier for gay men - or men who have sex with men (MSM), in the jargon - to give blood.

The attorney general also called for more power to be delegated to individual members of the legislature, in a strike at Albany's «three men in a room» culture, and for longer terms for Assembly members to cut down on time spent campaigning and fundraising — the latter requiring an amendment to the state constitution.

In recommending that delegates approve the resolution calling for the endorsement, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky said, «people have to understand how important the comptroller's office is to this union» as a fiduciary check on unbridled mayoral power.

He called on the party's 3,000 delegates to remain vigilant and steadfast as some desperate politicians might have ignited the rumour in an attempt to derail APC's focus on free, fair, credible and transparent primary election.

«Algorithmic regulation... will give us a political regime where technology corporations and government bureaucrats call all the shots» Internet researcher Evgeny Morozov on the benefits and risks of delegating law - making to machines, in an essay for The Observer this week

The delegates approved an initiative calling on member countries to pass laws banning the live capture of whales and dolphins for commercial purposes — the first time that an international body has demanded that this practice cease.

Last Friday, UTLA put on an event to demonstrate support for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and held a conference call with CTU delegates who were then still on strike (see Support spreads for CTU Socialist Worker).

In 2016 NAACP National Convention delegates passed, and the National Board affirmed, a resolution calling for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools.

At their national convention in Cincinnati in late July, the delegates of this once venerable civil rights organization voted for a resolution that called for a moratorium on the expansion of charter schools in the U.S. Embarrassingly, the NAACP's talking points and verbiage come directly from the teacher union playbook with all the inherent fibs, half - truths and exaggerations intact.

[October 15, 2016 Press Release from NAACP.org] «Statement Regarding The NAACP's Resolution on a Moratorium on Charter Schools CINCINNATI — Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Board of Directors ratified a resolution Saturday adopted by delegates at its 2016 107th National Convention calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion and...

Nottinghamshire head Janice Turner urged delegates at the conference to back a call on the possibility of industrial action.

During its 2016 National Convention last month, the group's delegates passed a resolution that reaffirmed the association's opposition to spending public money on charter schools but went a step further by calling for a full moratorium on their «rapid proliferation,» NAACP interim education director Victor Goode confirmed for our partner site The74Million.org Tuesday.