Sentences with phrase «labor groups aligned»
The TV and radio campaign supplanted the now - dormant Committee to Save New York, a consortium of business interests and private - sector labor groups aligned with Cuomo's agenda during his first two years in office.
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The trouble began on Monday, when King blasted the labor - aligned Working Families Party and criticized Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a lengthy statement after liberal groups have started to put pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to unite the various Democratic factions in the chamber.
The WFP, a labor - aligned group that has been at odds with Cuomo, want the reconciliation to take place at the start of the year.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the GOP - aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, and House Majority PAC (the go - to Democratic group focused on House races) already made initial ad reservations, totaling more than $ 124 million from Labor Day to Election Day.
A coalition of good - government, advocacy, labor and labor - aligned groups are urging U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer to enact fillibuster reform in the chamber, writing in a letter sent today that the delay tactic has hurt the legislative process in Washington and blocked federal judges from taking their seats.
Nevertheless, today's event as the backing of labor groups and activist organizations aligned with the WFP.
Days later, after meeting with labor groups, Clinton explained her position further by aligning herself with Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate's health, education and labor committee, who had introduced a $ 12 - an - hour federal wage bill.
However, after liberal groups and and the labor - aligned Working Families Party threatened to yank support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election, the governor pledged to help his party take full control of the chamber.
The governor, who is closely aligned with the union and has received $ 165,000 in campaign contributions from the labor group, once dispatched a top aide to deliver a message, they said.
Democratic state Senate candidate Amber Small on Tuesday was given the backing of the Communications Workers of America, a labor group that has deep ties to the union - aligned Working Families Party.
Other labor leaders aligned with the governor have threatened to create a competing new labor party of their own, as Mr. Cuomo has himself urged labor leaders to stop giving money to liberal community groups backing Ms. Nixon.
«The way to stand up to Trump's attacks on our democracy and working families can not be to empower Republicans in the State Senate whose goals are aligned with the Trump regime,» said Bill Lipton, state director of the Working Families Party, a labor - backed group that has pushed Democrats to embrace liberal policies.