Sentences with phrase «from labor leaders»

In what has become an annual exercise, legislation to create a single - payer health care system in New York state drew ardent support from labor leaders, policy wonks and regular folk who told often grueling stories of their experiences navigating the current for - profit system.

It's been a barren marriage in many respects, and one hears plenty of frustration with the Democrats today from labor leaders Rich Trumka or Lee Saunders or Mary Kay Henry's words.

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D - Ill., on Monday received the endorsement of the SEIU Illinois State Council, a vote of confidence from labor leaders and a pool of manpower that should help her in the three - way Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican Mark S. Kirk.

Another council member who received a call from Alvarez, but asked to remain unnamed, said he was surprised to hear from the labor leader and in fact assumed he was calling to ask him to support de Blasio's horse proposal.

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Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein and his criminal underlings by the coalition of the willing last year has breathed life into many Labor activists — including Federal Labor leader Mark Latham — who are afflicted by anti-Americanism and / or pacifist inclinations.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

It's been a long summer for Labor Leader Bill Shorten, who in eight weeks seems to have run the full gamut of Queen's greatest hits, from I Want it All to Under Pressure.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

The event brought together leaders from business, labor, policy makers, advocacy, academia, economics, and workers across the country.

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Little J's baby book had a place for what we were doing when I went into labor, how long I was in labor for, how much weight I gained, pretty much general birth things, and then it also had a place for things like headlines from the day, most popular songs, popular actors and athletes, world leaders, and average prices.

When Tamaira Kaster, Circle Leader for Real Diaper Circle for Ventura County, informed her labor and delivery nurses that she would be cloth diapering her daughter from birth they told her, «Yeah, yeah, we hear that all the time.

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In 2006, Eliot Spitzer's first day as governor - elect had him holding a news conference with his soon - to - be-predecessor and huddling with leaders from labor and business.

Community, labor and business leaders from across the state joined today to announce the launch of New Yorkers for Affordable Energy — a coalition dedicated to supporting access to cleaner, reliable and affordable sources of energy for residential and business consumers.

The labor - aligned Working Families Party in a statement Friday called on Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein to step aside from his leadership post as an investigation is conducted into an allegation that he forcibly kissed a former legislative staffer.

Flynn, a businessman from Hunter, is being backed by the Transport Workers Union, a national labor organization, whose international president, John Samuelsen, (also FORMER president of TWU Local 100 here in New York), said in a statement to be released by Flynn's campaign that the candidate is «a leader who understands that the economic security of families must be the highest priority of Congress, and that unions are a necessary partner in that mission.»

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

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.

Almost every one of the state's 63 senators receives a stipend, ranging from the extra $ 41,500 given to the chamber's leader, John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, to the $ 9,000 bonuses given to ranking minority members of committees overseeing things like insurance, labor and — yes — ethics.

says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

George Albro of New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

Cuomo is pressuring the labor - backed party to nominate a placeholder candidate in the race to replace him, urging WFP leaders away from Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

This GOP infighting comes a day after news broke about an internal squabble between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and four of the state's top labor leaders, who were bounced from the DNC convention at - large delegate list and told to they could only be reinstated if they personally called the governor to request that be done.

«I deeply appreciate that I can count on strong fundraising support from progressive groups, labor unions, local small businesses, and my community's leaders,» Constantinides said.

Cuomo, who says he will seek a third term, has strong poll standing and institutional support from major labor unions and business leaders.

«It's almost Labor Day and he hasn't moved in the polls, while the general public is seeing more and more of the Cuomo attack ads and not very much from Rob,» said one of the state's best - known GOP leaders.

At the same time, a video shown at the Democratic convention last week featured prominent labor leaders from influential unions like 1199 SEIU and 32BJ endorsing Cuomo.

Labor's power was also on display in the silence from Gov. Cuomo's office on a letter from three business leaders asking him to save billions for the MTA by opening up subway - construction projects to non-union firms.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

President Denis Hughes will be joined by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and labor leaders from across New York State as the 2 1/2 million member New York State AFL - CIO announces Labor's endorsement of Tom DiNalabor leaders from across New York State as the 2 1/2 million member New York State AFL - CIO announces Labor's endorsement of Tom DiNaLabor's endorsement of Tom DiNapoli.

During the course of a 90 - minute rally, a score of labor leaders and Democratic legislators addressed the gathering as a truck - mounted L.C.D. screen played ads from the UP4NYC coalition.

But by elevating the importance of a host of other actors, from Bratton to McCray to labor - union leaders to Al Sharpton, de Blasio often diminishes his primacy.

ALBANY, NY (10/20/2016)(readMedia)-- Dozens of professional caregivers, labor leaders and lawmakers marched and chanted in front of Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) to protest the closure of the last facility in the greater New York City area that treats individuals who suffer from a myriad of developmental disabilities.

So local government officials are teaming up with leaders from business, labor, schools, and neighborhood groups to figure out how to shrink the layers of public bureaucracy in Onondaga County.

That is why I am pushing for labor contract negotiations to resume, as well as, encouraging our state leaders to repeal the Triborough Amendment that basically discourages unions from coming to the bargaining table.

The only problem is that a placeholder would take control from the more activist - based state committee and place it in the hands of the executive committee, which is dominated by labor leaders who have been assiduously courted by Cuomo.

But support from the labor movement comes a coalition of groups backing the bill make a major end of session push for the measure, which is sponsored by Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, in the Senate.

While just about every labor leader in New York lined up to support Hillary Clinton, the Working Families Party fell behind the socialist senator from Vermont.

«Governor Cuomo listened to the growing demand from workers, students, labor unions, faith leaders and others.

While just about every labor leader in New York lined up to support Hillary Clinton, the party fell behind the socialist senator from Vermont.

Also at noon, faith and labor leaders, voters, and community members «demand morality, fairness and honesty» from elected officials, deliver petition signatures to Cuomo calling for «real» ethics reform, outside the governor's NYC office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

Hochul has spent much of the last several weeks bolstering her support from the state's Democratic establishment, labor leaders and office holders in her bid to claim the Democratic nomination from Wu.

My sincerest thanks goes out to the unwavering endorsements provided to me from all of the labor unions, newspapers, advocacy groups, elected officials, and community leaders.»

The bill, sponsored by Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (a Rochester - area lawmaker) and Republican Sen. George Amedore, is aimed at codifying state Department of Labor guidelines that exempt delivery people who are hired as independent carriers from aspects of the unemployment, the minimum wage and workers» compensation coverage laws, according to the sponsor's memo.

While some labor leaders are facing a backlash from a restive rank - and - file, Mario Cilento has been re-elected to a full - four year term as president of the New York State AFL - CIO.

Amid a round of meetings with business leaders, labor union representatives and members of Congress, the president signed a memorandum withdrawing America from the TPP, creating an American policy vacuum in a fast - growing region that includes China and longtime U.S. allies.

Cuomo took questions from reporters following a rally for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 with labor leaders, but all of the questions focused on homelessness.