Sentences with phrase «in the labor movement»

«I've been involved in the labor movement for over 20 years,» he explained.

«After 1973 we saw a decline in the labor movement,» he said.

There are unions in the labor movement which have more than 75 % of their members making contributions.

«My brothers and sisters in the labor movement in the state of New York.

Cuomo has lined up a coalition of allies in the labor movement, with groups like 32BJ among them.

Aside from a long history in the labor movement as an organizer for the state Nurses Association, she was also a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the New York presidential primary.

Carrie has worked in the labor movement for over 15 years, leading several winning campaigns for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW) and the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council (UNITE - HERE).

Since 1979, Labor Notes has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement.»

His part of Switzerland had been heavily under the influence of Ragaz of Zurich, the blazing prophet of social Christianity who, like his friend Walter Rauschenbusch, saw in the labor movement the greatest single contemporary salient of the advancing kingdom of God.

We're pleased to be co-presenting a daylong training on online organizing aimed at people in the labor movement.

Ms. Savino (D - North Shore / Brooklyn) said she has been trying to talk her former colleagues in the labor movement out of challenging McMahon.

«We have the highest number of unionized people in this state and I believe in the labor movement.»

Like everyone else in the labor movement, I'm nervously awaiting the Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, which would weaken public sector unions by letting workers receive the benefits of representation without contributing toward the cost.

Ms. Savino, who came up in politics in the labor movement and was there at the founding of the WFP, last week said she would not seek the party's endorsement this year.

He made peace with his biggest nemesis in the labor movement, the teachers unions, by denouncing much of the state education agenda he had pushed in his first term.

But his supporters in the labor movement seemed pleased that the governor had offered his plan just before a national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

But a source familiar with Cuomo's thinking said the AG isn't open to supporting Donovan and will back whoever wins the Democratic primary — even if it's Schneiderman, whose long - standing Albany ties and close relationship with «special interests» in the labor movement make for an uncomfortable fit with Cuomo's anti-Albany platform.

Our forefathers in the labor movement did it when they had to do it.

A labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers» association is the backdrop against which Jim Nolan (Franco) becomes involved in the labor movement and rapidly matures as he learns what it means to do organizational fieldwork.

«Rebecca was raised in the labor movement and spent years fighting for Teamsters members,» said George Miranda, the president of Teamsters Joint Council 16.

Amalgamated, a left - leaning bank with roots in the labor movement that manages more than $ 40 billion in assets under management, said it would adopt new policies about lowering its exposure to the fossil fuel industry in its own investments and its loans.

John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle — a tale of a young man who gets caught up in the labor movement among farmer workers in the 1930s — stars and is directed by James Franco.

He was a warrior in the labor movement, organizing janitors to stand up for better wages, working conditions, and just immigration policy.

AFSA members are active in the labor movement and proudly stand in solidarity with all trade unionists and school administrators.

You made history not just in Los Angeles, but in the labor movement nationally.

«We are fighting a battle of immense proportions that threatens to destroy all we and others in the labor movement have worked for.

Larry was a community organizer in the labor movement for nearly 20 years before becoming a public school teacher in middle life.

As reported by the National Journal, Richard Trumka, head of the AFL - CIO and one of the heavy - hitters in the labor movement, came out swinging today and racked up yet another uncomfortable gaffe.

Over the past three weeks, I exchanged emails with five different people in various roles in labor movements and in the games industry, hoping to get a picture of the future of organized independent development.

The Sierra Club has been involved for many years in discussions with our partners in the labor movement about how to make a fair and just transition that protects workers and communities that have depended on fossil fuels.

Richard L. Trumka, the former coal miner expected to be elected president of the AFL - CIO, America's largest labor federation, at its convention in Pittsburgh next week, is a lawyer who got his start in the labor movement as a staff attorney for the United Mine Workers of America.

Her leadership on progressive issues in the labor movement will be invaluable to Planned Parenthood, and I am thrilled to have her guidance as we work to ensure women's health and safety,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

I owe thanks to everyone who has believed in me and in my candidacy over these past few months: the Democratic Party, the Working Families Party and especially my brothers and sisters in the labor movement.

In both the prior vote and Tuesday's, Niou enjoyed the support of several of the Assembly Democrat's strongest allies in the labor movement.

«Working in the Labor movement for over a decade, Jessica has shown strong leadership, aggressively fighting for her Union brothers and sisters while also organizing within her community,» said UFCW Local 1500 President Anthony G. Speelman.

Labor Notes claims to be the «voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement.»

«I owe thanks to everyone who has believed in me and in my candidacy over these past few months: The Democratic Party, the Working Families Party and especially my brothers and sisters in the labor movement.

It's a national disgrace, and I look forward to working with our brothers and sisters in the labor movement, the Working Families Party and Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites of every political affiliation to fight for the America we know is possible,» Rose said.

But it has pitted him against typical allies in the labor movement, including the Working Families Party, and now the AFL - CIO, a coalition of all the state's unions.

Cuomo's re-election bid has drawn the support of allies in the labor movement, while the public - sector unions that have criticized him have largely made peace in recent years.

DiNapoli repeatedly thanked «my brothers and sisters in the labor movement,» noting that he grew up in a union household.

The Coalition for the Homeless employs consultant Berlin Rosen — a firm with close ties to Mr. de Blasio — as its press representative, while other groups involved in the report like Make the Road and New York Communities for Change are linked the the mayor's allies in the Working Families Party and in the labor movement.

Additionally, de Blasio's reverence for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of labor unions, which de Blasio said amounted to a policy of «walk softly, carry a big stick,» gave some in the labor movement pause.

Recent teacher strikes in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and anticipated strikes in Arizona have excited some in the labor movement who herald the strikes as a sign of a renewed era of union power.