Sentences with phrase «council workers joined»

Teachers, firefighters and council workers joined the strike, which follows disputes with the government over pay, pensions and cuts.

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It is a credit to the union's organizing department that in one shop after another — with or without the benefit of card check — workers have remained united and have elected overwhelmingly to join the Hotel Trades Council.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

Ortis said the Machinist State Council — aligned with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers — joined the International Association of Ironworkers in lending Murphy financial and organizational support ahead of the Aug. 30 primary.

At 11 a.m., employees at El Diario join representatives of the Newspaper Guild of New York and the New York City Central Labor Council and others at a rally to end firings of union - represented workers at the newspaper, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

The U.F.T., which supported Bill Thompson in the Democratic primary, joined forces with 1199 Service Employees International Union, Communication Workers of America District 1, Hotel & Motel Trades Council and a host of other unions in raising funds for a TV ad blitz.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the first flight allowed to land after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico last week, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito joined city workers this weekend to aid relief on the island where her own mother lives.

At noon, acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is joined by Steve McInnis, president of the New York City Council of Carpenters, to draw attention to the increasing number of worker fatalities, Cadman Plaza Park, Cadman Plaza West and Middagh Street, Brooklyn.

A strike by refuse workers was opposed by the council leader while his deputy joined the picket line.

Also at 11 a.m., wheelchair advocates join taxi, livery, black car and luxury car drivers, base owners and workers to call on the City Council to act on regulating the taxi and for - hire vehicle industry, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., NYC City Councilman I. Daneek Miller joins Council members, RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, UFCW Local 1500 and others to rally in anticipation of a vote on the Grocery Worker Retention Act, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

A large turnout for yesterday's Ithaca Common Council meeting bore witness to a historic moment for laborers in Tompkins County as the city, joining with the Town of Ithaca, chose to support a living wage for all workers in the county.

Members of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices were joined by city council members and representatives from a local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16 ounces.

New York City Council Members joined FPWA on the steps of New York City Hall today to call on the New York City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio to support initiatives that center on workforce development for low - income workers.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.

Middle class workers from all sectors will be joined by Denis Hughes, President of the NYS AFL - CIO, Gary LaBarbera, President of the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council, Mike Fishman, President of SEIU Local 32BJ and other labor leaders (list in formation).

At a hastily - called press conference at City Hall, Quinn, who was joined by fellow council members and the head of the retail workers» union, announced plans to introduce a new «living wage» bill that will force developers receiving more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the $ 7.25 minimum wage.

At 12:45 p.m. Monday, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, joined with Unite Here 100, will rally for food service worker retention, supporting a bill that expands upon the 2002 Displaced Building Service Worker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a busworker retention, supporting a bill that expands upon the 2002 Displaced Building Service Worker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a busWorker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a business.

The following seventeen organizations joined the amicus brief: National School Boards Association, Ohio School Boards Association, American Association of School Administrators, American Professional Society on Abuse of Children, American School Counselors Association, Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Council of Administrators of Special Education, International Municipal Lawyers Association, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Ohio Association of School Business Officials, Ohio Educational Service Center Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, School Social Workers of America Association, and Council for Exceptional Children.