Sentences with phrase «corporate special interests to»
Responding to the Vergara decision, National Education Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»
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«This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»
Dennis Van Roekel, the outgoing president of the National Education Association, described the California lawsuit as «yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools.»
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Although financial activism may return immediate wealth to some shareholders through the sale of assets, payment of special dividends or share buybacks, evidence is mounting that this may be at the expense of the longer term corporate and societal interests.
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«Maybe the incumbent simply chose not to help raise money because President Obama doesn't take special interest corporate PAC contributions at his events.
Timothy Persico, Maloney's campaign manager, alleged Hayworth was raising her money through special interests - «PACS and corporate lobbyists have sent over a million dollars to Congresswoman Hayworth because she's worth every penny.»
The Labor Movement will engage our members at the local level to make sure hard working New Yorkers, not corporate special interests, decide who represents us in Washington,» said union President Mario Cilento.
The large unions and corporate special interests, all with the resources needed to fund the re-election of their minions, reap the benefits of a corrupt and pliable legislature.
The Labor Movement will engage our members at the local level to make sure hard working New Yorkers, not corporate special interests, decide who represents us in Washington,» added Cilento.
From ensuring safety and health on the job to defending collective bargaining, working men and women know that they can count on Nydia Velazquez to fight for them, not corporate special interests.»
«Yet for their very first environmental bill of the year, the Senate Majority Coalition has chosen to do the bidding of corporate special interests and overturn New York City's plastic bag fee.
While some folks work tirelessly to protect tax breaks for billionaires and corporate special interests, Sean has been working to grow small businesses and fight for middle class families.»
Joseph Percoco, who served as the insider among insiders to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was convicted today of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention before Cuomo's administration in return for more a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.
The Green Party does not accept corporate contributions, and Funiciello has refused to accept corporate, PAC and special interest donations.
«If President - elect Trump lets the hard - right members of Congress and his cabinet run the show, if he attempts to adopt their time - worn policies which benefit the elites, the special interests, corporate America — not the working...
There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.
In a subsequent post on its website, the union went bonkers, claiming, «Corporate millionaires and special interests have mounted an all - out assault on educators by attempting to do away with laws protecting teachers from arbitrary firings, providing transparency in layoff decisions and supporting due process rights.»
This session, all senators are under extreme pressure by special interests that stand to gain money, power, school rankings, human cogs in the corporate machine, and private student data by keeping both Common Core and standardized testing in place.
Also, ignore the special interests of the loony left who own stock only to affect corporate policy.
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From British Columbia, to Longview, Washington, to the Gulf of Mexico, we will continue to stand together to say no to corporate special interests and yes to healthy, community - driven futures.»
The corporate - funded special interests and lobbyists opposed to giving the United States greater access to Canada's Ethical Oil have been taking advantage of the recent rupture of ExxonMobil's Silvertip pipeline — spilling 1,000 barrels of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River — to try and scare Americans away from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which promises to deliver billions of... Continue Reading»
These powerful and well - funded special interests are fighting to limit the power of judges and juries to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable.
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Professional Accomplishments Provided administrative and technical support to multiple law firms Scheduled activities for intellectual property, bankruptcy, and corporate attorneys Created and distributed weekly and monthly calendars containing case deadlines Obtained working knowledge of the Federal and local rules of Civil Procedure Performed legal research using multiple industry search engines and databases Assisted attorneys with conflict of interest inquiries, strategy, and special projects Filed legal documents in federal, state, county, city, and appellate courts Oversaw case developments and prepared status reports for legal team Scanned, proofread, edited, and converted legal documents into Adobe PDF files for printing and archival purposes Oversaw all firm incoming and outgoing mail processes Directed and maintained large scale military computer systems Received multiple awards for excellent service record
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