Sentences with phrase «council workers who»

An employment tribunal in Birmingham found in favour of thousands of female council workers who complained of being excluded from bonuses worth up to 160 % of their basic pay.

He's a perfect fit as John May, a London council worker who searches for relatives of people who...

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In fact, far from retreating from the education front, Barton says the council is working now on another set of skills - related recommendations — looking especially at mid-career «re-skilling» of workers who must adapt to technological change — for the third and final report it plans to deliver in November.

Chika Amadi, a pastor and charity worker and who sits on Harrow council, came under fire after sharing a post from a Christian website.

Olga is also the president of the ten - person Fair Trade council, an assembly of employees elected by employees who lead decision - making processes concerning the use of funds allocated by Fair Trade USA for all workers.

The Australian Meat Industry Council and the Meat Industry Employees» Union have accused the government of subsiding foreign workers who compete directly with Australian meatworkers for jobs with its five - year commitment to an initiative, Managing Abattoir, Training and Exchange of Skills, or MATES.

Union members will demonstrate alongside agricultural workers and film buffs who disagree with government plans to disband publicly - funded bodies like the UK Film Council, Forestry Commission and the Agricultural Wages Board.

The Business Council and wall street tycoons who paid almost $ 10 million of own money in the anti-state worker campaign last year certainly have their own interests in mind by bankrolling Cuomo and his ideas.

Mr. Halloran is one of the most colorful characters on the City Council, and his bio includes the fact that he is the leader of a local Pagan group, had a videotaped confrontation with a ticket agent, and sparked a Department of Investigations inquiry after he claimed that he personally knew of sanitation workers who deliberately sloughed off snow removal during a blizzard to protest Bloomberg administration policies (the investigation found no truth to the claims).

The labor organizations who banded together include: 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the New York State Nurses Association, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, District Council 37, and locals of the United Auto Workers and Communications Workers of America.

The Deputy Minister, Freda Prempeh has directed Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to ensure retired government workers who are still occupying state bungalows hand them over to new recruits.

Alicia Glen, Mayor Bill de Blasio's deputy mayor for housing and economic development, told the City Council today that obligating developers who receive the controversial 421a tax break to pay construction workers prevailing wages could result in 17,000 badly - needed below - market apartments not getting built — and argued that the demand for low - cost housing trumps the call for union jobs.

New York City employers would need to grant paid time off to workers who claim to be victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse or other «family offense matters,» according to legislation passed by the NYC Council.

The deal received a mostly positive response from Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine, who said in a statement, «I am thrilled that the City Council has restored funding for gardeners and maintenance workers — saving 150 vitally needed jobs, and protecting a critical resource for parks in low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

Labour is doing a good job of galvanising the ire of frontline workers who are struggling to cope with the rising numbers of elderly patients to treat and the slashing of council budgets.

At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing wage standards to a government subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with reaching an agreement on wage standards for construction workers by

At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing wage standards to a government subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with reaching an agreement on wage standards for construction workers by mid-January of 2016.

More than 200 women are expected to attend, including Gloria Steinem, who is leading a campaign to pressure Council Speaker Christine Quinn to bring the measure up for a vote, Ai - jen Poo (National Domestic Workers Alliance), Marjorie Hill (Gay Men's Health Crisis), Maria Castaneda (SEIU 1199 secretary treasurer).

All efforts to get a copy of the petition proved abortive as at the time of filing this report but a dependable source who wants to remain anonymous said the petitioner wrote the petition that it will be unjustifiable for the Governing Council to pay for the 12 months salaries the workers of the institution are allegedly claiming since they were on strike for about 9 months, saying the petitioner allegedly called on the two owner states to invoke no work no pay rule on the workers of the institution.

Council housing is now on sale to tenants at a 75 % discount: once sold, many homes are snapped up by rack - renting landlords for multi-occupying itinerant workers who destabilise the community.

Mark - Viverito, a previous candidate for Council in the district, is an East Harlem community activist and organizer with the Hospital Workers Union who has the support of much of the political leadership in the south Bronx.

Fernandez, who said he has been doing «traditional campaigning» with community walkthroughs, has been endorsed by several labor unions, including the District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Traders, the PEF Political Action Committee Region 10 and the Local 46 Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Iron Workers.

The council passed a bill that would require employers give paid time off to workers who make domestic abuse claims.

New York City employers would need to grant paid time off to workers who claim to be victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse or other «family offense matters,» according to legislation passed Tuesday by the City Council.

The council also voted to override the mayor's veto of a controversial bill that would force developers who receive 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 minimum wage.

His proposal to slash funds for health care, education and other social safety net services endangers the lives of those who need them and the jobs of workers who provide them,» said District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts.

«We support expanding the Displaced Building Service Workers Act, and I know we'll get it done because this is a Council that cares about working men and women,» said Van Bramer, the son of a 32BJ member who worked as a cleaner in the city's school system.

Irwin's campaign disclosure form reads like a «who's who» of big union players, including max - out contributions from AFSCME, the California School Employees Association, the California State Council of Laborer's PAC, the California Teachers Association, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Local 6434, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California and the United Nurses Association

Hundreds of building service workers gathered near City Hall on Wed, Mar. 2, asking the City Council to update an existing law to increase their job security, and help them fight back against property owners who attempt to drive down wages.

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, thanked de Blasio for expanding living wage while pressuring him to support a bill to be introduced in the Council that would disallow developers from retaliating against workers who unionize on projects covered under the living - wage law.

CITY HALL — The City Council faced off on controversial legislation Tuesday that would force developers who receive big city grants to pay their workers a so - called «living wage.»

Last week, Olatoye faced more questions when a letter surfaced from NYCHA inspector general Ralph Iannuzzi revealing that she had given false testimony to the City Council about the qualifications of the workers who conducted the inspections.

Councilman I. Daneek Miller, who heads the civil service and labor committee, said he thought the company could be violating its current franchise agreement by bringing in out of state workers — and said the Council was exploring adding provisions to protect employees to the next agreement.

The official, Gary LaBarbera, is the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, a 100,000 - member federation of electricians, iron workers and operating engineers who work on large building sites around the region.

CITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the same.

As part of the deal, Quinn also announced that she and the council would urge the city's Economic Development Corporation to begin a «pilot program» that would make certain development projects open only to developers who agreed that their tenants would also pay their workers the higher wage.

CITY HALL — Nearly 100 clergy members marched silently to the City Council chambers Wednesday to demand that officials pass a bill that would force developers who get city cash to pay workers a so - called «living wage.»

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.

A slew of council members who originally supported the bill backed by the unions and introduced by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley today changed their votes to back the mayor's plan — they said because of a change that will provide the most seriously wounded workers, who qualify for Social Security disability, with a pension equal to 75 percent of their salary.

Other labor unions have sided with the Construction Trades Council of Greater New York in seeking a similar mandate for workers who build apartments.

The Syracuse Common Council approved a Resident Employment Ordinance on Monday, requiring contractors who do business with the city to use workers from Syracuse neighborhoods for 20 percent of all work.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday, «The workers who sort and process all of NYC's residential recycling will rally at City Hall ahead of a City Council hearing on a potential strike at the facility.

Thanks to the DSS worker's diligence, the secret SOTA refugees were uncovered last week by county officials, who then brought the issue to the attention of their legal council.

«Finally,» said Kristen Boyles, who handled the lawsuit for the groups, which included United Farm Workers, Pesticide Action Network North America and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Steven Kolb, president and CEO, the Council of Fashion Designers of America: «I worry about his position on immigration and how it will impact the workforce of our industry from garment workers to design students who come here to study and want to stay.

Clyde Granville 23 Launceston Melbourne - City Council of their social worker who just short for women seeking an escort, says it casual meeting.

Uberto Pasolini landed the Orizzonti Award for Best Director for Still Life, the story of a council worker (Eddie Marsan) who tries to bring a little dignity to the forgotten dead — another case of mistaking sentiment for feeling.

Directed by Uberto Pasolini (producer of The Full Monty), Still Life is set in present day South London and stars Eddie Marsan as John May, a 44 year old council worker whose job is to trace the relatives and friends of people who have apparently died alone.