Sentences with phrase «coalition of labor»

The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to... More»

Rana Plaza is the inspiration for a new Transparency Pledge, created by an international coalition of labor rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, Worker Rights Consortium, and the Maquila Solidarity Network.

To prove his point he went after the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of labor, buinsess, and green groups pushing for energy solutions.

Johnson said a coalition of labor, environmental and minority groups will unveil a proposed question next month, just in case legislators don't get the job done.

Change to Win, a coalition of labor unions opposed to Mr. Lewis» re-election, predicts that 22 % of votes scheduled to be cast at the bank's shareholders meeting will be «broker votes,» based on trends established during the prior two years.

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice A coalition of labor and community organizations working together to build unity and support for the struggles of working people.

Legislative meetings in Albany are only part of the push to get GENDA over the finish line — an effort in which ESPA, Housing Works, and the New York Civil Liberties Union play prime roles among a broad coalition of labor, faith, women's, business, and law enforcement leaders.

A coalition of labor groups and lawmakers seeking to raise public awareness about the issues impacting New York's infrastructure continued its campaign today in the Capital Region with a news conference in Wynantskill.

Tensions are so high that the Working Families Party, a coalition of labor unions and government reformers, is considering running an alternative candidate when it meets at the end of the month.

The union's plan to forego donations to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee this year is part of a deliberate strategy by a united coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo to help Democrats regain control of the State Senate, where they have been in the minority for 48 of the last 50 years.

Catsimatidis said he gave at de Blasio's urging, during an election cycle in which the mayor was spearheading a coalition of labor and progressive allies dedicated to helping Democrats retake majority control in the Senate.

Charles Khan is an organizer at the Strong Economy For All Coalition, a coalition of labor unions and community groups focusing on legislative - driven campaigns to fight economic inequality, unequal funding of public schools, and corporate irresponsibility in New York State.

Ms. Lynch already has the backing of the Working Families Party, which is run by a coalition of labor unions, including 32BJ.

A coalition of labor unions and contractors has opened a multimillion - dollar media and lobbying campaign to overhaul a housing program that they say swaps large tax breaks for a paltry number of apartments for poor and working - class New Yorkers.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined a coalition of labor, business and political groups urging New Yorkers to vote yes on Election Day on Proposition 1, a referendum on a casino plan that would bring to the state new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue for public schools.

Last year, he partnered with a coalition of labor unions to create the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice.

ALBANY, NY (02/21/2014)(readMedia)-- NY Inequality, a coalition of labor, faith, education and community organizations, will rally Monday Feb. 24 at noon at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Downtown Albany to say «No!»

As a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and grassroots activists, the Working Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real democracy.

ALBANY, NY (02/22/2014)(readMedia)-- NY Inequality, a coalition of labor, faith, education and community organizations, will speak out Monday Feb. 24 at noon at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Downtown Albany to say «No!»

ALBANY, NY (02/24/2014)(readMedia)-- Area leaders, including Assembly member Patricia A. Fahy (D - Albany), today joined a statewide coalition of labor, faith and community organizations to push back against Gov. Cuomo's proposed tax breaks for the wealthy and well connected.

Countering the pro-effort has been a coalition of labor and environmental groups as well as some conservative organizations.

Opposition to the governor's pension bill has caused a strange coalition of labor unions and fiscal conservatives.

It is that last two items that Cuomo boasted about most, even though the minimum wage hike has been altered significantly since the governor and a coalition of labor unions began pushing for a $ 15 statewide rate last year.

And then left for the 2008 campaigns to be the Political Communications coordinator for the Change to Win Federation, a coalition of labor groups that was instrumental in getting President Obama and many other Democrats elected.

In addition to changes in the wage hike's structure — Democrats and a coalition of labor unions had been pushing for a straight $ 15 in all parts of the state, saying it would help the working poor — Senate Republicans have been pushing for an income tax cut.

Ron Deutsch, executive director of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness — a coalition of labor and progressive groups — urged more hearings on the report, and said it was a «smorgasboard» that offered something for everyone.

A coalition of labor and immigration groups are calling on Republican Reps. Lee Zeldin and Peter King to oppose the president's travel ban executive order.

The Democratic - led Assembly previously approved the measure favored by the Fair Elections umbrella group, a coalition of labor - backed organizations and other liberal - leaning advocacy groups.

The surprise announcement, rumored during most of the weekend, comes as Senate Republicans face stiff political headwinds this cycle — including an effort from a coalition of labor groups and Democrats to oust them from power.

While Cuomo himself stayed for the most part silent on the amendment's passage, the effort to promote the referendum was led by NY Jobs Now, a coalition of labor unions and gaming operators that stood to benefit from casino approval.

A coalition of labor leaders and elected officials is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill aimed at cracking down on Airbnb advertising.

Hedge fund managers and executives have made nearly $ 40 million in contributions to political candidates and committees in New York since 2000, according to a paper from the Hedge Clippers, an online group backed by a coalition of labor unions and community organizations.

Cuomo pledged to pass a package of liberal friendly legislation and work to flip the Senate alongside the WFP and a coalition of labor groups.

Democrats were handed bruising losses despite a push from a coalition of labor unions and high - profile Democrats, including de Blasio.

Known for its left - leaning politics and formidable voter turnout operation, the Working Families Party, founded by a coalition of labor unions and liberal organizations, enjoyed a banner year in the 2009 New York City elections.

Despite a push from a coalition of labor unions and high - profile Democrats like New York City mayor Bill de Blasio — and the promise of help from Governor Andrew Cuomo — the Democrats could not pull off a win.

The governor was able to bring together his coalition of labor unions and establishment Democrats to help drive turnout for both himself and for his preferred running mate, Kathy Hochul.

As a coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party activists and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have agreed to help Democrats retake the Senate, Independent Democratic Conference will remain in tact through Election Day, Sen. Diane Savino on Thursday insisted to reporters.

Yesterday, a coalition of labor groups released a letter to state lawmakers asking that they not tinker with the state's Scaffold Law.

The agreement for the WFP to stay neutral also comes as a coalition of labor groups, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo support a full Democratic takeover of the Senate.

Congratulations also goes to the large coalition of labor unions, business groups, transit and environmental advocates and good government groups that supported passage of the bill this session, and identical bills in 2011.

(CNN) The New York Working Families Party, an influential coalition of labor unions and progressive activist groups, voted on Saturday to endorse Cynthia Nixon in her primary challenge to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A coalition of labor unions, religious groups, and others are urging Governor Cuomo and the legislature to close what they say are loopholes in the law that protect large corporations from paying their fair share of taxes.

In New York City, a coalition of labor, community and civil rights groups recently won the strongest ban on employment credit checks in the country.

Instead, two coalitions of labor unions and their allies are mounting campaigns aimed chiefly at persuading Mr. Cuomo to extend the so - called millionaire's tax, a state surcharge on high - income New Yorkers that is scheduled to expire in December.

Not exact matches

The Service Trades Council Union — a coalition of various smaller unions that represents workers at Disney World — officially filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over the withheld bonuses on Monday.

In addition to the president, the Coalition has booked a number of Trump administration officials, including Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and White House Director of Policy and Interagency Coordination Carlos Rosillo.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein and his criminal underlings by the coalition of the willing last year has breathed life into many Labor activists — including Federal Labor leader Mark Latham — who are afflicted by anti-Americanism and / or pacifist inclinations.