Sentences with phrase «increased union efforts»

There are increased union efforts to unionize charters and some big CMOs have slowed their expansion efforts in order to focus on quality.

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In addition to demanding a $ 15 minimum wage and union rights, the campaign said it will keep up «unrelenting opposition» to efforts to «block wage increases, gut workers» rights or health care, deport immigrants or support racism or racist policies.»

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

He has long expressed frustration with the efforts by public education and teachers union organizations lobbying and pressuring him to increase school aid.

On Monday the Times Union reported the effort to increase the state minimum wage to $ 6.75 per hour «apparently died in the Senate.»

The independent expenditure committee backed by the New York State United Teachers union is increasing its efforts in the 60th Senate district, bolstering Democrat Amber Small in what is considering a linchpin for Republicans keeping control of the chamber.

In papers filed on Tuesday, the union is trying to hitch the effort to block the rebate program — which Cuomo has referred to as a «freeze» in property tax increases over several years — to the group's lawsuit filed against the state's property tax cap.

However, while unions have fought to increase salaries and to improve benefit packages, they have resisted efforts to ensure that this spending recruits, rewards, and retains the most essential or effective teachers.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

As a union of professional educators, UESF has a responsibility to make an increasing effort to support successful education and seek remedies for unsuccessful educational efforts.

The New York teachers union, an arm of the American Federation of Teachers, strongly opposed Cuomo's initial proposal to increase the weight of standardized test scores to 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation, stating that assuming a direct correlation among test scores, the effort of teachers, and success of children ignores all of the other factors that go into learning.

«Through this innovative partnership, we will integrate and align the efforts of Tempe Union, ASU Prep and Arizona State University to increase college - access and career opportunities for all students, making Tempe a pioneer in the education space,» said Beatriz Rendon, CEO of ASU Prep.

To remedy the situation, ongoing efforts to increase transparency should go beyond revenue flows — which are set to face new transparency requirements in the United States and the European Union — to include contracts.

Although poaching increased after the collapse of the Soviet Union, continued conservation and antipoaching efforts by many partners — including WWF — have helped keep the population stable at around 540 individuals.

We intend that renewable energy should play an increasing role and accept the European Unions invitation to collaborate in a concerted effort to give new impetus to both the diversity and the efficiency of all forms of energy.

The efforts of the State Duma have been bolstered by a mandate from Putin himself, issued in October 2017, urging development of a «single payment space» within the Eurasian Economic Union (an alliance of countries including Armenia, Belarus and others), increased scrutiny of token sales, as well as licensing of bitcoin mining operations.

Received Exceptional Services recognition for Labor Relations bargaining efforts in completing successful negotiations with the Atomic Projects and Production Workers Metal Trades Council, AFL - CIO, which led to increased collaboration in building stronger relationships between the union and leadership.