Sentences with phrase «communication workers»

The move to leave the party by unions representing building workers and communications workers shows a divide between the party's two main constituencies: unions and liberal activists.

«Endorsing Governor Cuomo is the most effective way to put the interest of working families first,» said Figueroa and Dennis Trainor, vice president of Communication Workers of America District 1, in a statement.

This is the second TV ad bought by New York Is Not for Sale, which was co-founded by communication workers union Local 1180 president Arthur Cheliotes, Hugo Neu Corporation CEO Wendy Kelman Neu, and the group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.

«We don't want to be taking anything for granted here so it's better for us to be prepared, have everything in place than get caught off guard,» said Peter Sikora, state political director for Communications Workers of America District 1.

made two shows of solidarity with labor unions, picking up the endorsement of the local Transport Workers Union and rallying with Communications Workers of America members who are on strike against Verizon.

Kurland, on the other hand, took in $ 6,625 from Communications Workers of America Local 1180, Local 299 AFSCME and the Amalgamated Transit Union.

That included Communication Workers of America District 1, a close de Blasio ally that gave the maximum $ 109,000, and developer William Lie Zeckendorf, who gave $ 20,000.

The local Communications Workers of America this week endorsed the candidacy of Democrat Leslie Danks Burke, who is running for the Southern Tier district led by Republican Sen. Tom O'Mara.

After Communications Workers of America won its battle against corporate giant Verizon, labor unions may be giving companies like Macy's a run for its money.

«My overriding emotion is one of anger,» she told Communication Workers Union members hungry for more.

About 40,000 Verizon Communications workers represented by two unions walked off the job this morning after a union - imposed 6 a.m. deadline for new labor agreement passed.

Veteran Labour MP Alan Johnson said he had been arguing for the changes since his time as Communication Workers Union general secretary.

Her University Professional and Technical Employees Communications Workers of America (UPTE - CWA) Local 9119 had a contract.

Officials made the call after playing a tape of Bellone speaking recently at a rally supporting striking Communications Workers of America, who later won a new contract with Verizon after a six - week strike.

All nurseries, family support services and play and communication workers offer home visits and make sure that fathers can be there for the visit.

This afternoon, Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries announced the endorsement of the fairly influential Communication Workers of America District 1, which represents over 175,000 building workers throughout the region.

If so, they must really want Communications Workers of America (CWA) organizer Rick White off the premises!

Founded in 1998 by Lewis» radically redistributionist ACORN, quasi-private-sector unions like the exquisitely ideological Communication Workers of America and fundamentally self - interested organizations as the United Federation of Teachers, the WFP early on saw a soulmate in de Blasio — essentially lifting him into the City Council in 2001.

Unison made no response while the CWU communication workers» union was highly critical.

Postal workers vote in favour of a national walkout in a dispute over pay and jobs, the Communication Workers Union has announced.

The former Communication Workers Union chief added, «I just hope this is not a piece of petty retribution by a trade union.»

It's just not in healthcare workers» natures to do this sort of thing if it weren't desperate,» said Sarah Buckley, Safe Staffer Campaign Coordinator for Communications Workers of America District One, a union representing local nurses.

Communications Workers Union state secretaries, including national secretary Greg Rayner, told Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate last Thursday the union was «deeply concerned» about revelations of «seemingly systemic misconduct» at AMP.

Former chairperson and current candidate for borough president, Julie Menin, returned to the board to support Verizon communication workers, who are fighting to stay in Lower Manhattan.

The management and senior officials from the local Communication Workers» Union (CWU) are more than happy, but the look among many of the regular staff is one of scepticism.

«We're going to be doing phone banking and also labor to labor walking door to door just like we do in election campaigns,» said Communications Workers of America Legislative Director John O'Malley.

One analyst called the deal «very rich» for workers at Verizon, the number - one U.S. wireless provider, which reached the tentative pact with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) on Friday.

Last week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that represent over 37,000 wireline employees said they had voted to go on strike, if needed, after their contract expired on Aug. 1 at midnight.

On Wednesday, a class - action complaint alleging age discrimination was filed in federal court in San Francisco on behalf of the Communications Workers of America and its members — as well as all Facebook users 40 or older who may have been denied the chance to learn about job openings.

The lawsuit filed against Facebook on behalf of the communications workers argues that the company essentially plays the role of an employment agency — collecting and providing data that helps employers locate candidates, effectively coordinating with the employer to develop the advertising strategies, informing employers about the performance of the ads, and so forth.

«What happens with Facebook is you don't know what you don't know,» said David Lopez, a former general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who is one of the lawyers at the firm Outten & Golden bringing the age - discrimination case on behalf of the communication workers union.

The Communications Workers Union, which represents Royal Mail workers, opposes the sale because of fears of potential job losses.

Both the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, representing about 3,000 CP Rail engineers and conductors, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, with about 365 signal and communications workers, cite a lack of progress at the bargaining table.

The strike was called by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that jointly represent nearly 40,000 employees, such as customer services representatives and network technicians in Verizon's traditional wireline phone operations.

Companies including (tmus) T - Mobile US Inc, Amazon (amzn) Inc and Cox Communications Inc imposed age limits on who could see recruitment ads, limiting some only to people younger than 38, according to the lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco by the Communications Workers of America.

The strike was called by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that jointly represent employees with such jobs as customer services representatives and network technicians in Verizon Communications Inc's (VZ.N) traditional wireline phone operations.

Earlier this year, thousands of AT&T workers, members of the Communications Workers of America union, went on strike over issues like job security and outsourcing.

Anti-democratic investor rights deals are in the news again, thanks partly to a Communications Workers of America & Trade Justice Network event that brought Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to Canada.

The Communications Workers of America, a labor union, asked CEOs of large corporations to give workers the $ 4,000 average income gain that White House officials said would flow eventually from lower corporate taxes.

This event is made possible by the generous support from: Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Union of Public and General Employees (CUPE), Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Communications Workers of America (CWA) Canada, National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), People's Social Forum, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Unifor, the United Steelworkers (USW), and Réseau québécois sur l'intégration continentale (RQIC)

Smitherman has been endorsed by the Working Families Party as well as a host of key labor groups: AFL - CIO, 1199 SEIU, 32 BJ SEIU, Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Communication Workers of America 1180, Communication Workers of America District 1, UAW, Transport Workers Union, Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, United Food and Commercial Workers.

The Communications Workers of America are making a campaign issue out of Senate Republicans failure to pass a bill that would punish companies from outsourcing call center jobs to foriegn countries.

Other unions to back Corbyn include the Communication Workers Union, the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, Aslef, the FBU, Transport Salaried Staffs» Association and UCATT.