Sentences with phrase «debate over union»

The Bishop's decision caused an uproar in Scranton's heavily unionized Catholic community and reignited the national debate over union protection under state law for teachers in religious schools of all faiths.

Debates over union rights and prerogatives have since percolated in states as politically diverse as Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and California.

From the first Labor Day parade in 1882 to contemporary debates over the union election process, Lenard offers a history lesson entwined with a very current review of the week's blawgosphere buzz.

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The contract has sparked a debate among corrections officers, their union, and activists, who are at odds over whether the special - operations training is the right approach to solving Rikers» long - standing brutality problem.

One refrain in debates over marriage policy is that laws designating marriage as exclusively the union of male and female are today's equivalent of bans on interracial marriage.

«Irreconcilable» disagreement over same - sex unions is once again prompting debate over splitting the historic United Methodist Church (UMC), one of America's largest denominations.

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

We're still not yet at the stage of the debate where the actual pros and cons of the demise of the Union are being considered: this year is all about wrangling over the rules of the game, with both sides striving to set up as favourable conditions as possible to get their way.

A trio of senior female politicians have made a unusually positive intervention in the debate over the European Union.

Labour's leader has made arguably his strongest intervention yet in the debate over leaving the European Union, with a warning that a «Tory Brexit» would be disastrous for most people in Britain.

Conservative MPs must avoid a return to past «bitter divisions» over Europe as they debate Britain's involvement in the European Union, David Lidington has told politics.co.uk.

Teachers from across the UK will be gathering in Birmingham at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, over the Easter weekend to debate motions for which members from across the UK have voted.

Washington (CNN)- The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.

The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.

He called to «get this European debate finally resolved» and lamented that, since the Maastricht rebels, the Tories have obsessed over the European Union and this is damaging their image.

Commenting after the debate on Motion 48, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there has been over 40 years of advancements in equality between the sexes, in recent years there has been something of a step Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there has been over 40 years of advancements in equality between the sexes, in recent years there has been something of a step union, said: «While there has been over 40 years of advancements in equality between the sexes, in recent years there has been something of a step back.

Instead, Cuomo framed the debate over the tax abatement, which is expected to pick up when state lawmakers return to Albany next month after an extended break, as a union battle for them to fight over the prevailing wage.

[11] Also in 2008 The Sun used a variation of the headline for a debate at the Oxford Union over the Page 3 girl claiming «It's Sun's girls wot won it».

Cuomo has worked well with the Republicans, and will have a much easier time threading a coming debate over state income tax policy if they are around to neutralize liberal, union - backed Democrats who dominate the state Assembly.

Over the next few months this country is going to debate the merits of leaving or remaining in the European Union, and I have many colleagues whom I respect greatly on both sides of this argument.

As demonstrated by the recent debate in Washington over the debt ceiling, the United States will decline if Democrats and Republicans are unable to compromise, Brown said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's «State of the Union.»

One of the measures the union is watching seemingly has paradigmatic implications in the debate over charter schools and standardized testing.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

In New York, the issue is heavily tied to the ongoing debate over the safety of union versus nonunion construction sites.

Members of Connecticut's largest teachers» union will be rallying in support overhauling the state's education system and urging lawmakers to include voices from educators in the debate over Governor Dannel P. Malloy's education proposals.

The standoff has drawn national attention and placed Wisconsin at the center a vigorous debate over the future of union rights.

Last night the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, wrote to the head of the National Union of Students appealing to students not to distort the debate over fees, saying that many believe wrongly that they will have to pay fees immediately instead of when they graduate.

In his January 2008 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush claimed that research by James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin and Shinya Yamanaka of the University of Kyoto in Japan would finally end the morally and politically nettlesome debate over embryonic stem cell research.

In August a 424 - person vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague settled the long - standing debate over how many planets our solar system contains, bumping Pluto and fixing the number at a modest eight.

The airwaves are awash with gloomy debates over whether the European Union even has a long - term future.

Nowhere has the debate over the power and perquisites of schools» building engineers been more heated than in New York City, where the board of education is now engaged in contract negotiations with Local 891 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.

President Reagan's campaign on behalf of merit pay, now more than eight weeks old, has thrown the leadership of the National Education Association (nea) off balance and has provoked a debate within the organization over the issue, recent events and interviews with union officials suggest.

As Stephen Sawchuk notes, there has been a great deal of debate over whether teacher layoffs should be based on inverse seniority («last in, first out,» which many union contracts and state laws require) or based on teacher effectiveness.

A sizable plurality of 38 percent continues to hold a neutral position, suggesting that the debate over the role of teachers unions is hardly over.

The report strengthens the positions of teachers in Chicago should they vote to strike, should be considered in deliberations over the Friedrichs case, and must help shape ongoing debates about the importance of unions in the nation's public education system.

The dispute over Wolf's methods and the resulting data, which can grow quite heated, reflect the ideological divides — teacher unions versus school choice advocates — that shape many of today's education debates.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.

In the sharpest exchange of the first, and most likely, only debate between the two leading gubernatorial candidates, GOP challenger Neil Kashkari on Thursday night accused Gov. Jerry Brown of putting the interests of teachers unions over those of students.

Fletcher, who said he is «leaning» toward a reelection bid but has not officially decided, said he welcomed a «healthy debate» over his performance and union priorities.

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing...

The head teachers» union also plans to debate issues such as forced academisation, assessment and British values in schools, over the weekend.

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schools.

The rift between UTLA and LAUSD on technology is nothing new (see: Union Head Opposes Tablet Initiative), and there have already been tense debates among Board members over Deasy's push to give each LAUSD student a tablet computer (see: Technology or Salaries?).

After months of rancorous debate, the union and district put forth a resolution that gives teachers unprecedented control over the fate of their schools.

Gov. Scott Walker's announcement Friday to curtail union bargaining and require pension and health care contributions from public employees upped the ante in a debate over K - 12 education funding.

For more than a decade, the debate over public school reform has created friction between teachers unions, administrators, school boards, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders in public education and has fueled disagreements over how to improve the quality of teaching and learning for children.

The push comes amid a heated debate over the voucher program, which the state teachers union and local officials contend pulls money away from traditional public schools.

In the quest for round - two grants, the debate over how much support from districts and teachers» unions is needed to win has taken on a life of its own in various states.

Eva Ruiz, president of the Fresno teachers union, said her 10 - member executive board had a «very heated debate» over teacher evaluations and other issues before voting to support the grant proposal.

It is not an attempt to «take over» any territory either — unions will continue to focus on pay and conditions as well as contributing strongly to the debate on professional practice, and they will continue to provide professional development too.