Sentences with phrase «donations from labor unions»

Kindlon has gotten contributions from law firms; Soares has banked donations from labor unions.

Not exact matches

Individual donors can give no more than $ 5000 per campaign under the current rules, for example, while direct donations from corporations and labor unions are banned altogether.

They argue that if businesses are hampered from giving large donations, it would give lower - level elected officials and labor unions an unfair advantage.

Many of his large donations came from labor unions and Constantinides has snagged the support of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and the Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), among others.

Over two weeks in October that year, the Putnam committee received 16 donations, totaling $ 547,300, from labor unions, real estate interests and individuals including the grocery store magnate John A. Catsimatidis.

Since many unions represent workers in variegated industries and there are several umbrella labor groups, it is difficult to place all of their money into tidy categories, but a breakdown of donations from specific locals shows that the tendency to favor Democrats in 2014 was widespread.

Outside of some donations from groups representing public safety workers and first responders, Cuomo had received only $ 25,000 from labor unions through May of last year.

Much of that came in the form of smaller donations from individuals, as well as bigger funds from the many unions and organizations that have endorsed Rivera over the last month or so (like 1199 SEIU, the Committee of Interns and Residents, and a number of other labor groups.)

In addition to large donations from other elites like Richard Wilpon, the brother of New York Mets owner and Sterling Equities Chairman Fred Wilpon, a host of labor union political action committees funneled the maximum $ 4,950 to Mr. Stringer: Doctors Council SEIU, Mason Tenders District Council and the Uniformed Firefighters FIREPAC all donated.

Rossi, who as a Morgan Hill trustee opposed four charter applications, has received donations from teachers, unions and the South Bay Labor Council.