Sentences with phrase «labor groups backing»

New York Jobs Now is a coalition of casino companies and labor groups backing the amendment to expand non-Indian casino gaming in New York.

And 1199 SEIU, the labor group backing the coalition UPK NYC, also released a statement blasting Skelos's stance.

The labor group backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in the September primary.

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(i) Assist companies in determining and interpreting their ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to companies to compare and explain ratios among their peers on an industry - by - industry basis, because average worker compensation for Bank of America will be different than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to labor groups to assist them in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).

Mallouk, president and CIO of Creative Planning, and Carson, CEO and founder of the Carson Group, both said they would tell Trump not to roll back regulations on the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, which says if an advisor is working with a client on a retirement plan, they need to act in the client's best interest.

Backed by labor groups such as the Service Employees International Union, workers have landed some victories as individual cities and states have raised their minimum wage.

Wal - Mart's critics — including a group of its workers backed by labor unions - say the retailer pays its hourly workers too little, forcing some to seek government assistance that effectively provides the company with an indirect taxpayer subsidy.

Lighthizer is expected to try to nix another transnational court for investment disputes, and he has backing from a wide variety of constitutional lawyers, environmental and labor groups, and conservative think tanks that say the special courts encroach on U.S. sovereignty.

As the kids head back to school and Labor Day approaches, readers are returning to their book clubs and discussion groups.

We also encourage each woman and partner to take advantage of the many classes and support groups we recommend — from prenatal yoga, yoga for labor workshop, and postpartum mommy and me yoga classes, positive birth story pregnancy circles, community new mother blessing ceremonies, annual family reunion, postpartum mom circles, pregnancy retreats and a variety of other educational, supportive, and fun events, classes, and ways to connect with other likeminded people and build community — in an effort to bring back the needed village it takes to raise a new baby, and new parents.

Penny teaching a group of participants the Leopold's technique and fetal positioning, particularly how to prevent and manage the occiput posterior position which often leads to challenging back labor and birth.

Opponents of holding a constitutional convention have over the last several weeks geared up their opposition to the coming referendum, arguing it could scale back gains made by organized labor, wreck the environment in he Adirondacks and be dominated by monied interest groups.

The proposal certainly heartens key groups within the Democratic - led Assembly's base, including the labor - backed Working Families Party.

Several labor groups, including CWA and 32BJ SEIU, left the WFP ahead of its vote on Saturday to back Nixon, an actress and public education advocate, over Cuomo, a two - term incumbent running for re-election.

The labor group that represents Long Island - based laundry workers have written to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan blasting him over the GOP - backed efforts to negotiate modifications to a proposed $ 15 minimum wage.

Some have started consulting practices, others are off developing new technologies or working in issues in their home towns, but many have gone right back to work for Democratic campaigns, labor unions, environmental groups, community action networks and the like.

A coalition of faith and labor groups kick off a statewide «Fair and Faithful Budget» tour that will stretch from Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch, LI to Back to Basics Ministries in Buffalo to rally for progressive, fair - share taxes in this year's state budget, due by April 1.

The AFL - CIO has been pushing back hard in particular against the mayor's plan as well, while a rally of labor groups was held at the Capitol today to back the prevailing wage component.

ALBANY - Labor - backed groups and lawyers for the injured on Wednesday continued to pressure the state Workers» Compensation Board to back off on changes they say would shortchange countless people who are hurt on the job.

The lobby group's budget analysis singled out the minimum wage proposal backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Democratic lawmakers and wage and labor advocates as the «most significant new business cost» in the spending plan.

The labor group is working actively to help Democrats take control of the Senate, and also return the five - member Independent Democratic Conference back to the mainline conference fold.

Support for the main line project came just as Majority Leader John Flanagan was being pushed by a campaign launched by the business - backed Long Island Association and labor groups criticizing the lack of an agreement on the project.

But Cuomo's support from the WFP also comes with the backing of key labor groups that are also pushing for a Democratic takeover of the state Senate.

«It's disappointing that Governor Cuomo and some state lawmakers — pushed by powerful, labor - backed special interests — continue to pursue the use of tax dollars to fund partisan political campaigns,» said the group's executive director, Brian Sampson.

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

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

The group was formed to blunt the expected and traditional push back past governors have received from organized labor's own advertising campaigns.

Teachout and Wu are backed by a public workers union, while other labor groups are remaining neutral in the race for now.

Garvin and Gooran launched a new version last November, and just signed two big clients: Howard Dean's grassroots group, Democracy for America, and the labor - backed Working Families Party.

That's exactly what Ralph Garvin hopes to bring to the table with Organizer, a new political software suite that just landed two big, early clients, the labor - backed Working Families Party and Howard Dean's grassroots group, Democracy for America.

Ruffalo, a Hudson Valley resident who has been active in lobbying on several issues this year — in favor of gay marriage and against hydrofracking in the Marcellus shale — appears in a Web video paid for by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, the labor - backed group that has long advocated for a more progressive tax structure.

But support from the labor movement comes a coalition of groups backing the bill make a major end of session push for the measure, which is sponsored by Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, in the Senate.

Hedge fund managers and executives have made nearly $ 40 million in contributions to political candidates and committees in New York since 2000, according to a paper from the Hedge Clippers, an online group backed by a coalition of labor unions and community organizations.

Cuomo, however, said the schism within the party is solely between labor and advocacy groups, a split that has dated back several years before the Nixon primary challenge.

Cuomo's office on Tuesday night announced more support for the campaign, called Enough Is Enough, with 30 groups ranging from survivors» organizations to labor unions backing the plan.

While a majority of Moreland Commission members backed a recommendation in a preliminary report to create a public financing system, seven members joined a dissent that argued against the proposal, which is backed by labor groups and good - government advocates.

Opposition to MMA legalization stems in part from women's groups who find the sport too violent, while labor unions that have feuded with UFC's ownership in Las Vegas have also backed an effort to oppose the measure.

But another group making a strikingly similar argument for the casino amendment is All In For Jobs, a labor - backed entity that references casinos and gambling even less than New York Jobs Now.

Panepinto's campaign has been backed by the labor groups hoping to win Democratic control of the Senate, including NYSUT, 1199 SEIU and 32BJ SEIU.

The Democratic - led Assembly previously approved the measure favored by the Fair Elections umbrella group, a coalition of labor - backed organizations and other liberal - leaning advocacy groups.

Democratic Congressional hopeful Rory Lancman has received the backing of the powerful 32BJ service union, a move that backers hope will provide a major boost of on - the - ground politically aid from the well - organized labor group.

A new report from a labor - backed advocacy group — the National Employment Law Project — claims a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage could be outdated in Westchester by 2021.

Billy Easton, executive director of Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group, said the groups «hope [s] it is true» that the proposals are discrete.

Also last week, the leaders of an affordable housing nonprofit and a labor - backed advocacy group provided statements to reporters chiding Wu for comments he made about internet startup Airbnb.

The official, Harry Nespoli, chairman of the Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of unions, said that Mr. Bloomberg had become «a dictator» and that «the mayor has set back labor relations 40 years.&rLabor Committee, an umbrella group of unions, said that Mr. Bloomberg had become «a dictator» and that «the mayor has set back labor relations 40 years.&rlabor relations 40 years.»

Backed by a broad coalition made up of labor, civil rights, and women's organizations and almost 600 faith leaders ---- what one Albany insider described as the sort of group «needed to get anything progressive done» in the Legislature ---- EPSA earlier this year launched a media drive worth more than $ 300,000 targeting specific state senators.

Karen Scharff, executive director of the labor - backed advocacy group Citizen Action, argued alongside Senate Democrats at a recent news conference that «we can not reduce corruption in Albany until we fix the corrupt campaign finance system.»

Add the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union to the list of labor groups not happy with the liberal Working Families Party, which suffered a big loss in New York last week after backing Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton.

In 2013, the 150 - member board voted unanimously to endorse de Blasio's candidacy, in the hopes of pushing other labor groups into backing de Blasio.

Progressive and labor groups have backed up the attack with rallies across the state celebrating both Social Security and Medicare.