Most of the reason is because of democratic constituency
initiatives of labor unions and trial lawyers.
Not exact matches
At a public meeting
of labor and corporate officers last summer, Snyder said he deliberately pleaded with
union leaders not to go forward with the ballot
initiative.
Perusing the index
of Origins, the weekly publication
of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following
initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing
of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities
of the Association
of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism
of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and
labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions
of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
It might be tough for them to do so, especially if they're holding out hope
of landing the Working Families Party line, since Cuomo's agenda includes a number
of initiatives labor unions dislike — including the tax cap and a public employee wage freeze.
One top
labor official said John Samuelsen, the president
of Transport Workers
Union Local 100, was beefing with Mr. de Blasio simply because the mayor's Vision Zero
initiative initially forced bus drivers to automatically face misdemeanor charges if they injured or killed pedestrians crossing with the light in their favor.
«As a result
of his outreach to local
unions, Dan is very familiar with the goals, issues and
initiatives of the
labor movement in his district.
This may have been a result
of compromise between the Chicago Teachers
Union and the mayor in exchange for
labor peace amid a wide range
of fairly ambitious reform
initiatives.