Sentences with phrase «from labor advocates»

Quinn's decision was praised by the business community, but drew fire from labor advocates, who accused her of turning her back on her base.

Rangel is facing primary challenges from labor advocate Jonathan Tasini, who dropped a bid to oust Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to focus on trying to unseat the scandal - scarred congressman; Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell, and Vince Morgan.

Not exact matches

Whereas the old left, from the Progressive Era to the Depression, openly asserted the interests of the «working man» and organized labor, advocates of feminism, diversity, and gender identity, and neoliberal economics, too, justify their positions as a generic social justice or economic freedom.

Nurse and patient advocate Carolyn Rafferty, RN, BSN, answers:» «Mother - friendly» is a term that has been applied to maternity care in hospitals that reflects the best information from all the research available as to how women and families should be treated during labor and birth.

Signing onto the letter include groups ranging from the Working Families Party and their affiliated organizations and labor unions as well as groups that advocate on behalf of the disabled.

Based on the nationally recognized model used in Wisconsin that involved bringing stakeholders together to find efficiencies and cost savings within the Medicaid program, the team includes leaders from the healthcare industry, the Governor's office, the legislative bodies, and other business, labor, and consumer advocates.

Carrying Puerto Rican flags and signs depicting vultures to represent the hedge funds allowing investors to profit from the island's debt, advocates chanted «Wall Street's greed is making Puerto Rico bleed» and voiced concern that the board would implement labor policies that would slash worker salaries and harm the working class.

Niccoli, a graduate of SUNY Albany with a master's degree in public administration from New York University, works as an anti-poverty advocate in Albany with the Labor - Religion Coalition of New York City.

Schneiderman has so far won endorsements from labor unions 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare East and 32BJ, as well as elected officials including U.S. Reps. Jerry Nadler, Charles Rangel and Jose Serrano, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Soto highlighted his efforts to help with hurricane relief in both Florida and Puerto Rico, and a whole host of progressive policies from supporting labor unions to supporting the gay community, from advocating to reinstate the assault weapons ban to sponsorship of a sexual harassment bill, and from opposing the Republican tax reform bill, to opposing President Donald Trump «s wall.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing a primary challenge from actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon, has been under increasing pressure to show he's the true champion of the left, bringing him closer to his allies in organized labor, who have fled the Working Families Party.

Cuomo has received a series of labor endorsements in recent weeks as he faces a primary challenge for the Democratic nomination from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and education advocate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been binding himself to organized labor ever more tightly as he faces a primary challenge from actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon.

But the blow up this morning also re-opens some unhealed wounds from last year's elections, when Democrats and advocates in the labor community sought to reconcile the two conferences in the state Senate.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

«From prosecuting labor law violators, to advocating for a minimum wage increase to fighting outsourcing and erosions of their power to bargain collectively, I'm proud to be an advocate for the working families and union members that form the backbone of our workforce.»

Those attending the People's State of the State Rally included advocates and officials from The Fiscal Policy Institute, the Hunger Action Network of New York State, Interfaith Impact of New York State, the New York State Labor - Religion Coalition, Physicians for a National Health Program and Reform Jewish Voice of New York State, according to the Times Union of Albany.

«The result is our bill is supported by more than 120 groups that exemplify New York State's rich ethnic, racial, cultural, religious and geographic diversity — from local arts non-profits to immigration advocates to labor unions and more.»

Labor leaders from across the city rallied on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sept. 9 in support of Robert Jackson, a longtime education advocate and former City Council member running for the Democratic nomination to represent the 31st District in the state Senate.

Ms. Jimino and Mr. Astorino are among a number of mayors and county leaders from both major political parties who have advocated for the repeal of the Triborough Amendment, which was named after a labor dispute at the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, arguing that the measure strips them of leverage during contract talks.

Liu has bravely insisted he's still running for mayor in 2013, but that prospect will get even dimmer with the latest round of accusatory headlines; the biggest beneficiaries from Liu's decline are former comptroller Bill Thompson and current public advocate Bill de Blasio, both of whom would have tangled with Liu for labor union endorsements.

Thompson said he had advocated McCain - Feingold to prevent, among other things, corporations and labor unions from «giving large sums of money to individual politicians.»

Gay City News on the shutdown of Brian Ellner's appointment to the Empire State Pride Agenda: «Nearly everyone who spoke to Gay City News — both advocates and foes of Ellner — cited the adamant opposition to him from board member Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, one of the city's most progressive labor leaders and a tough critic of Bloomberg.

Faith leaders from both the Christian and Jewish communities of Western New York have teamed up with labor advocates in the fight for paid family leave.

The lawsuit, which includes parents from Yonkers and New York City, was announced Tuesday by the Alliance for Quality Education — a labor - backed group that advocates for increased funding for schools.

Borrowing from New York's playbook, Illinois funders, advocates, and parents built an extensive coalition of religious organizations, community groups, and, surprisingly, some blue - collar labor unions (not teacher unions) to advocate for the reform.

Home schooling clearly continues to be a political (and other) movement because its advocates know they must labor to keep fundamental parental rights over the education and upbringing of children recognized and protected from statist academics and government violation.

She's also a tireless advocate with a proven track record of fighting for and working - on a broad cross section of human and civil rights ranging from race, women's rights, immigration, voter participation and labor.

Three school board seat races generated $ 6.7 million in campaign contributions, much of it from charter school advocates and labor groups.

Congressman Miller is a lifelong Democrat and Californian, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 until his retirement in 2015, where he was a leading advocate of education, labor, the economy, and the environment.

Like the origins of labor unions, teachers» unions like the AFT and NEA emerged out of a need to protect teacher's from terrible working conditions, nepotism in hiring, political backlash, and to advocate for intellectual freedom.

Day 2 in a two - part discussion organized by Arts & Labor at CUNY Murphy Institute, workers from the Queens Museum, Creative Capital, ProjectProjects, and W.A.G.E. responded to the Day 1 discussion and talked about strategies used to build community, advocate for artists and create sustainable institutions.

«Now, just four months into the new administration and Congress, businesses, labor, and environmental advocates are working together to unleash American innovation and make a clear break from the past.»

Katy is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and chaired its Labor Law Forum Committee from 1993 - 1995, is co-managing editor of The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law, originally published in 1998, and was elected to the Board of the Faculty of Federal Advocates in 1999 and served in that capacity through 2002.

And he asked the sector for help in addressing obesity — bringing to mind comments from former Labor Health Minister Nicola Roxon in 2013 on her frustration at the lack of a «clear message» from health advocates on obesity prevention, versus the strong messages on tobacco.