Sentences with phrase «endorsed by labor unions»

At 10 a.m., Republican Rob Astorino will be endorsed by labor unions in his re-election bid for Westchester County executive.

Not exact matches

Smitherman has been endorsed by the Working Families Party as well as a host of key labor groups: AFL - CIO, 1199 SEIU, 32 BJ SEIU, Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Communication Workers of America 1180, Communication Workers of America District 1, UAW, Transport Workers Union, Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, United Food and Commercial Workers.

Democratic state Senate candidate Brian Benjamin was endorsed on Monday by 1199 SEIU, the influential labor union.

Democratic Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky is being endorsed on Wednesday by 32BJ SEIU, a politically key labor union that was part of the successful drive to increase the state's minimum wage.

Assemblyman Francisco Moya on Monday was endorsed in his bid for New York City Council by 1199SEIU, a politically key labor union.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul's re-election bid on Thursday was endorsed by 32BJ SEIU, a prominent and politically active labor union.

Also today, UFCW Local 1500 continued its early endorsement streak by becoming the first labor union to endorse in the 31st SD race, throwing its weight behind District Leader Mark Levine.

The labor union 32BJ on Monday endorsed Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda for the open state Senate vacated by Ruben Diaz at the start of the year.

New York City Councilman Bill Perkins on Wednesday was endorsed by the key labor union 1199SEIU in his bid for a full term.

McGrath was endorsed by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the powerful labor union for service worUnion (SEIU), the powerful labor union for service worunion for service workers.

Bellone should win by a landslide, but Cuomo has screwed labor over so much that most of the unions endorsed Carpenter!

A pair of labor unions on Friday announced they are withdrawing from the Working Families Party a day before Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is potentially endorsed by the ballot line.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kennedy, faced a stiff primary challenge from Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, was endorsed by a slew of labor unions from across the state as well as regional groups.

Although Mr. Lancman has been endorsed by the Queens County Democratic organization and the overwhelming majority of labor unions, Mr. Sasson, a lottery winner with millions of dollars at his disposal, could have self - financed a serious campaign effort.

Harig is endorsed by the Western New York Labor Federation and NYSUT, but he claims he's not getting any financial support and has a «neutral union agenda.»

LaVenia says the party targeted registered Greens, who now number 18,000, but also registered members of the labor - sponsored Working Families Party, which rather humiliatingly caved in the face of an endorse - or - die ultimatum by Cuomo, who campaigned as a union - tamer.

Denis Hughes, the president of AFL - CIO (which, by the way, endorsed Cuomo last year), called Flanagan's bill «a blatant assault on the principles of collective bargaining, and an attack on working men and women throughout this state who are represented by labor unions,» adding:

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.

He's been endorsed by major labor unions in the state that he hopes will be a buttress against Nixon's challenge.

It's a proposal backed by 1199 / SEIU, the politically influential labor union, and comes after Cuomo was endorsed by the labor - aligned Working Families Party.

Cuomo himself has not revealed precisely how he wants the 421a tax abatement renewed, but has been sympathetic to complaints raised by the AFL - CIO, a labor union in New York that did not endorse him for re-election last year.

He has done this despite the default of the labor movement of which he is an active part as a Teamster; New York unions by and large have have rejected political independence and have chosen the path of least resistance, endorsing «winners» like Andrew Cuomo for governor, in the hopes of picking up a few fallen crumbs off the bargaining table.

He has also been endorsed by several labor unions, including TWU Local 100 and 1199 SEIU.

Cuomo has already been endorsed by several labor unions, the Human Rights Campaign, a leading national LGBT advocacy group, and even musician Elton John.

The races drew unprecedented involvement from non-education labor unions and Democratic Party leaders, all working to help elect candidates endorsed by the Buffalo Teachers Federation.

And since de Blasio was not endorsed by the powerful teachers union, his victory left some reformers wondering whether de Blasio was, as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli wrote, «untethered from both the 1 percent and organized labor.»