Sentences with phrase «employ union workers»

The Omni, which employs union workers, is a favorite gathering spot among Democrats.

«As a Senator and small business owner who employs union workers, he has taken steps to protect workers; cutting taxes, securing economic development funding to put people to work and giving them greater opportunity to earn a good living and support their families.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

Not exact matches

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents nearly 6 million British workers, said that the growing number of low - paid, self - employed workers who work irregular hours earn significantly less than conventional employees and therefore pay less tax and national insurance.

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Those who choose to become employed in unionized workplaces — that is, workplaces whose workers democratically voted to form a union — must contribute through dues towards the benefits (i.e., better salaries and working conditions) of belonging to that union.

He voted for results that favored labor unions even though he thought that union successes tended mainly to impoverish other workers, because his philosophy of struggle implied that unions should be allowed to employ their most powerful weapons.

Community leaders, unions and churches are backing a call for the club to increase the pay of workers employed by contractors, such as waitresses and cleaners.

The union representing the striking cleaners, United Voices of the World (UVW), are calling for the workers to receive the same sick pay, pension deal and maternity pay as those employed directly by the university.

NRG employs a total of 231 union workers at its Tonawanda, Dunkirk and Oswego generating stations, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workersworkers at its Tonawanda, Dunkirk and Oswego generating stations, according to the International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersWorkers union.

With a slim majority of all union workers employed in the public sector, the conservative class war amounts to dragging unionized public employees down to the level of contingent no - benefits workers before they can leverage their power to help private sector workers raise their own workplace standards.

As the longtime advocate for health care workers union 1199 SEIU, her paying gig is persuading lawmakers to send as many billions as possible to the hospitals and nursing homes that employ 1199 members.

According to pro-PGS activists, this sector of the union movement have employed tactics such as collaborating with state bureaucracy, overtly attacking worker control experiments, and setting up alternative «working groups» to usurp the process from within.

To emphasize, religious organizations have a long rich history of being anti-union and employing union - busting tactics when those union workers happen to be their own employees.

Taxpayer - funded projects like these are employing thousands of union construction workers.

The union, which represents 90,000 freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part - timers, and self - employed workers in New York state — including 80,000 in New York City — named priority candidates as well as general endorsements.

In April workers from the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union successfully challenged plans to deny Metronet staff the same benefits as those already employed by TfL.

Building trades workers employed by the state might be paying twice for pension benefits, a union representative is contending, because of the 2011 law that eliminated the bulk of their collective bargaining rights.

The Bruce High Quality Foundation's «The New Colossus» (2012), part of the collective's exhibition «Art History With Labor» (through September 28), is a full - scale bronze replica of the inflatable rat union members often position outside construction sites where non-union workers are being employed.

Steel workers, electrical workers, members of the carpenters and painters unions — all these and others would be employed during the wind project's construction process.

James Slevin, President, Utility Workers Union of America Local 1 - 2, said, «As a union leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their commuWorkers Union of America Local 1 - 2, said, «As a union leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their communiUnion of America Local 1 - 2, said, «As a union leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their communiunion leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their commuworkers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their communities.

«By committing to a union workforce, this project will be training and employing the middle class workers that support our state's economy.»

Suncor employs union and non-union workers at its facilities in the Athabasca oil sands.

As we predicted, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) has rejected an application by a trade union for statutory recognition to negotiate directly with the University of London on behalf of a group of workers who work at the university but who are employed by Cordant Security, a facilities management company.

Therefore, if enforced, these principles might improve the level of protection for certain groups of people (workers, unemployed, self - employed and others) across the Union.

(21) However, it should be left to the host Member State to decide whether it will grant social assistance during the first three months of residence, or for a longer period in the case of job - seekers, to Union citizens other than those who are workers or self - employed persons or who retain that status or their family members, or maintenance assistance for studies, including vocational training, prior to acquisition of the right of permanent residence, to these same persons.»

56 In a similar vein, Article 24 (2) of Directive 2004/38 allows a derogation from the principle of equal treatment enjoyed by Union citizens other than workers, self - employed persons, persons who retain such status and members of their families who reside within the territory of the host Member State, by permitting that State not to confer entitlement to social assistance, in particular for the first three months of residence (see Joined Cases C ‑ 22 / 08 and C ‑ 23 / 08 Vatsouras and Koupatantze [2009] ECR I ‑ 4585, paragraphs 34 and 35).

The firm's Head of Immigration Emma Brooksbank has reported a huge rise in calls from EU migrants hoping to secure permanent residence and a similar surge in enquiries from businesses employing foreign workers who face a significant new tariff as the UK exits the European Union.

UFCW Canada argued the section of the Code violated freedom of association rights under both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms because it denies agricultural workers employed on farms that have three or less employees, the right to join a union and bargain successfully.

Part - time employees are more likely to be precariously employed than full - time employees: about 33 % of part - time workers are in positions with low wages, no union and no pension, as compared to almost 9 % of full - time employees.

The Small Business Health Fairness Act would give small - business owners and self - employed workers the same right to affordable quality health insurance as corporate employees and union members by allowing small businesses to band together, through their associations, to negotiate lower health insurance costs.

«Association health plans will allow small businesses to compete with large employers for workers who need good health care coverage for their families, and they'll put self - employed workers on equal footing with corporate employees and union members when it comes to health insurance.»