Sentences with phrase «labor activists with»

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MOSCOW — Workers and activists around the world marked May Day on Tuesday with rallies and other events to press their governments to address labor issues.

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Ellison, who had lost his bid for DNC chairman against former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, had drawn the ire last week of liberal activists in New York when he posed for a selfie with IDC Sen. Marisol Alcantara.

What was once a balanced group of grass - roots activists affiliated with groups like Citizen Action and the Long Island Progressive Coalition and labor unions has tilted a bit toward the activists.

As it was during the endorsement battle, which saw some on in the activist wing of the WFP support Cuomo's primary opponent, Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, while big labor leaders sided with the governor, the party is again showing signs of a split.

The WFP has a history with Clinton, supporting both her first 2000 US Senate run (her first attempt at seeking elected office) and her re-election campaign in 2006, though she faced a primary challenge from the left from labor activist Jonathan Tasini.

The question there is whether the rank - and - file activists, who are unhappy with Cuomo for his fiscal conservatism and lack of movement on progressive issues — mainly creation of a public campaign finance system — will buck party and labor leaders who are more pragmatic and want to endorse the governor for re-election.

Nevertheless, today's event as the backing of labor groups and activist organizations aligned with the WFP.

Mulgrew said his schedule has been filled with meetings with elected officials, labor groups and education activists about how to handle the dangers ahead.

A civil war has erupted within the Working Families Party over whether to back Cuomo for re-election, with labor leaders who support the governor pitted against party leaders and grass roots activists.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

Lots of upset Dems, independents, labor people, activists, who plan on breaking with Cuomo and the Dems and voting that way.

The fellow Brooklynites, in addition to sharing similar political beliefs, rose to power with the aid of the Working Families Party, the labor and liberal activist - backed organization that swung the city's political zeitgeist leftward.

The deal with frustrated progressive activists and labor union leaders, who make up the WFP, was in part brokered by Mayor Bill de Blasio after the WFP threatened

Two powerful unions allied with Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that they were withdrawing from the Working Families Party, a small but influential alliance of labor unions and progressive activists.

At 9 a.m. on Monday the Center for New York City Affairs in New School will host «Low - Wage NY: Pay Raises and Working New Yorkers» with economists, labor leaders, activists and policymakers.

ALBANY — The most prominent elements of the Working Families Party spent Friday at war with one another, with labor leaders hoping to broker a deal to endorse Governor Andrew Cuomo threatening to formally, publicly secede, and activists digging in around the candidacy of Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout.

«We'll be calling on leaders and candidates to address these issues, to stiffen their backbones, to be clear, and to champion these progressive policies,» Mr. de Blasio said as he stood under a blazing sun outside the U.S. Capitol with members of Congress, labor leaders and activists.

One of the more left - leaning labor activists within the WFP, Communications Workers of America Local 1180 President Arthur Cheliotes, during a phone interview the day after the debate remarked with some ruefulness on the paradox his union faces.

While there's angst with Cuomo among some leftie activists in the WFP, Cuomo has the backing of the influential labor union wing of the party.

Harvey Milk was more than just a galvanizer of SF's queer population; he was a committed activist, forging strong alliances with labor and speaking out for the elderly.

Boots Riley (writer / director) / Sorry to Bother You (U.S.A.): A black telemarketer with self - esteem issues discovers a magical key to business success, propelling him to the upper echelons of the hierarchy just as his activist comrades are rising up against unjust labor practices.

Boots Riley / Sorry to Bother You (U.S.A.): A black telemarketer with self - esteem issues discovers a magical key to business success, propelling him to the upper echelons of the hierarchy just as his activist comrades are rising up against unjust labor practices.

And union leaders may warm up to decentralizing management, even with more flexible labor contracts, especially if they can win control of pilot and autonomous schools by uniting with Latino neighborhood activists.

The term «teacher union leader» typically evokes a hard - charging labor activist who shares an adversarial relationship with the school district, is focused solely on protecting members» bread - and - butter interests, and flees from phrases like «school reform.»

If you were to think of songs associated with the labor union movement or various union strikes, the songs of the prolific union activist and songwriter Joe Hill might come to mind.

Activists who have been working to draw attention to labor practices in connection with the Guggenheim's planned expansion in Abu Dhabi — and who last week briefly occupied the loading dock of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice during the 2015 Biennale — said this week that their tactics seemed to be generating more overt resistance from the government of the United Arab Emirates, which oversees cultural construction projects.

From rallies and demonstrations to emails and phone calls to their representatives in Congress, these activists are calling for responsible trade, and opposing fast track — an outdated ploy to speed up passage of massive trade deals that have less to do with tariffs and quotas and more to do with our labor, environmental, and consumer safeguards.

If Environment Minister Hendriks» does announce a stringent, comprehensive limitation on overseas coal financing, in line with the international community, it would be exactly the kind of action that 100,000 environmental, labor, faith, and social justice activists will be marching for this Sunday in New York City at the People's Climate March, and its affiliated events worldwide.

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Washington, D.C. (5/20/10)-- Today activists with the Rainforest Action Network attended the 2:00 pm Massey Energy hearing before the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committee.

Now that the Sierra Club has joined with a coalition of environmental activist groups, labor unions, and other left - liberal groups to form the Democracy Initiative, the Sierra Club has an even more powerful platform to promote its radical agenda.