Sentences with phrase «collectively as a union»

But in schools where teachers acting collectively as a union had a lot of influence over the curriculum, students performed 32 points worse in math, 18 points in science.

Not exact matches

«The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 spawned thousands of powerful crime gangs — collectively known as the Russian mafia — and some of these groups, officials warn, are establishing bases among emigre communities in the United States, particularly in South Brooklyn.»

The suggestion that this is a bad thing, however, would come as a surprise to the large union - run pension plans — not to mention the Canada Pension Plan, the retirement system on which all Canadians depend — that collectively own a big chunk of corporate Canada.

The polities that the ECCB serves, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, are collectively known as the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).

Walker, famous for overhauling public - employee unions ability to collectively bargain, is a villain to labor and those on the political left, but emerged as a hero to conservatives across the country.

It is understood that the longstanding system for paying the affiliation fee in the public service union Unison already meets the party's proposed consent criteria, putting Unison ahead of other unions, with a pool of 400,000 collectively affiliated members from which the party can recruit immediately as individually affiliated supporters.

As a result of discussions and an agreement among the parties, the UFT has been assured that Klinsky and Victory is supportive of the rights of teachers to organize into a union and to bargain collectively in charter schools where Victory provides management and support services.

He explains that overturning agency fees «would simply mean that the current situation in states such as Texas and Georgia would become the norm in California and the rest of the U.S.» As in states without agency fees, he argues, teachers» unions would continue to lobby, support candidates, interact with school boards, and where they can collectively bargain, represent teachers in collective bargaininas Texas and Georgia would become the norm in California and the rest of the U.S.» As in states without agency fees, he argues, teachers» unions would continue to lobby, support candidates, interact with school boards, and where they can collectively bargain, represent teachers in collective bargaininAs in states without agency fees, he argues, teachers» unions would continue to lobby, support candidates, interact with school boards, and where they can collectively bargain, represent teachers in collective bargaining.

When the United Federation of Teachers first began to bargain collectively in the early 1960s, Albert Shanker was distressed that the New York City school board was willing to discuss only traditional issues like wages and benefits and rejected the idea of bargaining over broader policies that the union proposed, such as the creation of magnet schools.

Like Michael Bloomberg (NY), Antonio Villaraigosa (LA) and Rahm Emanuel (Chicago), Philadelphia's Michael Nutter is dealing with a failing education system, a bureaucratic Leviathan and a hostile teachers union, collectively known as «the blob.»

Meanwhile, states as diverse as Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and — you guessed it — Wisconsin are attacking union prerogatives such as valuing seniority over on - the - job performance and collectively bargaining for benefits.

As President, I will fight to defend workers» right to organize and unions» right to bargain collectively, and I will ensure that teachers always have a voice and a seat at the table in making decisions that impact their work.»

The European Union, collectively, is about as large as the U.S. market in millions of annual sales.

We are writing to you to explain our position regarding the Cooper Union Board of Trustees decision on undergraduate tuition, and to provide additional insights into what was a long and difficult process for each of us individually and collectively as Alumni Association representatives on the Board of Trustees.

Unions individually and collectively pressure the government on issues that impact working people such as minimum wage, hours of work, health and safety regulations and other employment standards.

Many employees have, through their unions, collectively bargained to have this holiday recognized as such in their collective agreements.