Sentences with phrase «case against a union»

This is the place to follow cases like the challenge to Yahoo! over its disclosure of information to the Chinese authorities, which allegedly led to the torture and arrest of dissidents; the twists and turns of the case against Union Carbide for the disaster at Bhopal; and the case against Shell in relation to the death of Ken Saro - Wiwa.

Not exact matches

It rigs the voting process in each case, counting all abstentions as votes against the union.

In this case, Canada and the European Union are both threatening to retaliate against the US after President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he planned to impose big tariffs on imported steel and aluminum by using an obscure trade law.

In the case against Trump, the European Union has reportedly indicated its product list will include blue jeans, bourbon from Kentucky, cranberries and dairy products from Wisconsin, Harley - Davidson motorcycles, US steel products, and agricultural products like rice, maize, and orange juice.

The union will have to make a unique case against each of the teams.

Judge Cheryle Gering of the Union County Circuit Court ruled on Thursday that Beef Products Inc may pursue most of its case against ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co, and others including news anchor Diane Sawyer and reporter Jim Avila.

It was a joint appearance with Dave Prentis, the head of the Unison union which brought the successful case against the Government.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the case of corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

Ms. Clark's predecessor, Robert T. Johnson, had been criticized by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Correction Officers Benevolent Union for delays in prosecuting cases against inmates, even as slashings and assaults continued to rise.

Rechnitz also is cooperating in a separate bribery case against former city correction union chief Norman Seabrook after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge.

In case you missed it, despite heavy union support for the bill, three trade unions came out against it.

The economic case for the union will also be bolstered by a letter from over 120 business leaders, including HSBC boss Douglas Flint, warning against independence.

At 11:30 a.m., a court hearing will be held before Judge Andrew Carter in the corruption case against former Corrections Union head Norman Seabrook, 40 Foley Sq., Courtroom 1306, Manhattan.

Lasher is running against Marisol Alcantara, a former union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and Robert Jackson, a former councilman who is also a plaintiff in a landmark case by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that New York was under funding schools and not meeting its constitutional burden to provide children with a «sound basic education.»

Over the weekend de Blasio fired back at Rechnitz, who is testifying as a cooperating witness in Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim's bribery case against former jails union boss Norman Seabrook.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove, who personally presented the case to the grand jury that cleared French, did not require the officer to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when the officer testified before the grand jury that cleared him — a highly unusual move that makes it virtually impossible for any prosecutor to pursue potential future charges against French for conduct surrounding Thevenin's death.

The Research Foundation itself is subject to FOIL because of a court case filed against the sprawling, multi-billion dollar foundation by the Times Union.

The indictment against Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, Deputy Inspector James Grant, Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg, and Norman Seabrook, the ex-correction union leader, contained several additional wire fraud and conspiracy charges along with the bribery charges the quartet were hit with about month ago when they were arrested in separate cases.

Golub is a high - profile lawyer who has won multi-million-dollar cases and has represented not only the state employee union coalition, but also the state Democratic party in its ongoing legal battle against the State Election Enforcement Commission over the legality of financing of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election campaign.

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about an update in the New York State Attorney General's case against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove and remarks regarding the Voorheesville School District.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about upcoming elections around the Capitol Region and protests against D.A. Soares over a lack of indictment in the case of Donald «Dontay» Ivy.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a casino in the Catskills and the public corruption case against Capital Region Developer Joseph Nicolla.

Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in its case against former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, testified on Monday that he pressured the...

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

A Rensselaer County judge has appointed Albany County District Attorney David Soares as special prosecutor in the criminal case against former Troy police union president Aaron Collington, after two other prosecutors recused themselves from the matter.

Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in its case against former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, testified on Monday that he pressured the mayor to oppose SL Green Realty's plans for its office tower, One Vanderbilt.

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

Although the witness began his testimony in a government case against former head of the correction officers» union Norman Seabrook, much of his testimony ended up revealing details of his relationship with de Blasio.

Times Union Reporter Bob Gardinier on the job covering the ballot fraud case against Edward McDonough at the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy, N.Y. Dec 14, 2012.

Without it, the tribal groups that made up the Soviet Union had no reason to huddle together for defence against the West (or in the case of Yugoslavia, against a possible Soviet invasion).

The case was brought by a coalition of organisations including the American Civil Liberties Union against Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City.

But the union will not now go to court until it knows whether it can meet Michael Heseltine to put its case against the closure.

In making the case against further teacher union endorsements of Clinton, the blog Defend Public Education meticulously chronicled Broad's relationship with the candidate, going back to a visit Broad made in 1983 to the Arkansas home of Clinton and her husband, then - Gov.

This case positioned individuals represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) against the state's new tax - credit scholarship program.

The case was filed against the district by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and alleged students were being deprived of their constitutional right to an equitable education.

Lefkowitz, the attorney who will be leading the New York case, has successfully litigated other cases that pitted him against teachers unions.

But on Sunday, in a resolution committing to fighting attacks against teachers, the union did debate demanding Duncan's resignation, ultimately settling on cheeky language that mirrored the Vergara case.

In «Class Warfare» lawyer Steven Brill demonstrates his litigation skills as he lays out his case against teachers» unions and the so - called anti-reformers.

A small group of teachers picketed a screening at Oakland's Piedmont Theater, distributing fliers defending unions and tenure rights and making the case against charter schools and standardized tests.

A Supreme Court case from this past spring that many of our members may have heard about in the national press, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, would likely have been decided against unions had Justice Antonin Scalia not died unexpectedly.

This is crucial to the Friedrichs case because the First Amendment protects against compelled political speech, and the CTA — like many public sector unions — takes mandatory agency fees from nonmembers to cover its collective bargaining costs.

They're graciously taking on the case pro bono, but it's mutually beneficial — because California's Parent Trigger law is at the forefront of an ed - reform battle raging hotly across America, pitting charter operators and radical reformers against powerful teachers unions.

While the final outcome of the Vergara case remains to be seen, the unions» firm stance against reform could help prompt tenure opponents to mount an initiative campaign — a routine occurrence in California politics.

The case against the regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel had been brought by a total of 167 individual pupils, supported by 150 schools and 42 councils, plus six professional bodies, including teachers» unions.

For example, in a case against Trans Union, the CRA regularly mixed the files of Judy Thomas with Judith Upton.

The Cooper Union requires Personnel to report to The Cooper Union good - faith concerns about behavior that appears to violate this Code, and under this Code a «Whistleblower» is the individual reporting such activity.The Cooper Union strictly prohibits any harassment, retaliation, or adverse employment consequences against any Whistleblower who, in good faith, reports a violation or suspected violation of this Code, and any person who retaliates against a Whistleblower is subject to appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, up to and including termination of employment in the case of an employee.

All this resonated with me as I looked up to Cooper Union as a rare case of an impossible vision thriving against the odds.