Sentences with phrase «labor groups called»

Good government and tenant and labor groups called for an investigation into the non-profit, saying it violated campaign finance laws and raised issues about «who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

The move comes just weeks after good government and tenant and labor groups called for de Blasio to stop using outside nonprofits to raise unlimited amounts of cash, much of it from companies or individuals with business before the city.

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«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

The world's largest retailer raised wages for its hourly workers to $ 10 per hour earlier this year, but labor groups have called the raise inadequate.

Dale Brown, FSI's president and CEO, stated on the call that FSI, as well as the other groups joining the suit, «has supported a uniform fiduciary standard since 2009 — before Dodd - Frank became law... but the Department of Labor's complex and unworkable rule will only harm the smaller investors it claims to protect.»

Even if there were no unfair barriers to opportunity for individuals or groups in the labor market, unequal capability could impede what Sen sometimes calls «effective freedom» or «real opportunities.»

«If the infant belonged to the intervention group, the researcher was called and stayed with the mother in the labor room»

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There was the time Sanders was set to stay at a non-union hotel, a big no - no among people close to labor groups, and Yvanna Cancela, the union's political director called the campaign with a list of hotels he could stay at instead.

A rally to call for the ouster of Carl P. Paladino from the Buffalo School Board drew support from a wide variety of community groups, from teachers and parents to labor groups and the local affiliate of Black Lives Matter.

Labor, community and faith groups held a vigil at the Capitol Monday to call on lawmakers to pass a significant raise in the state's minimum wage, increasing support for public schools...

[292] The Australian Green party called for a parliamentary inquiry into News Limited, but Hartigan directly denied allegations by both the Greens and the governing Labor party that News Limited has been running a campaign against them, describing his group's journalism as «aggressive but fair.»

It's called Raise Up New York, and members include the Working Families Party, labor unions, and progressive groups.

Students, labor leaders, and citizens» groups are calling on the State Senate to pass the New York DREAM Act, which would give undocumented youth access to state financial aid like the Tuition Assistance Program.

The call came as Cuomo at the same time announced an agreement had been reached between labor groups and real - estate interests to revive the 421a tax abatement in New York.

The group, called NY Jobs Now, includes Heather Bricetti, the president and CEO of the state Business Council, along with labor leaders like the AFL - CIO's Mario Cilento, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Gary LaBarbera of Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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.

A group funded by casino companies, business groups and labor unions called New York Jobs Now spent $ 1.9 million supporting the ballot referendum.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a plan that would extend the prevailing wage to service workers, not those in the construction industry — leading to an outcry from labor groups like the AFL - CIO.

A coalition of labor and immigration groups are calling on Republican Reps. Lee Zeldin and Peter King to oppose the president's travel ban executive order.

JDS Development Group's Michael Stern, known for his use nonunion labor (and who once called LaBarbera «the CEO of Blockbuster Video» when he should instead «become Netflix») said that the new wage agreement for 421a «sounds workable.»

In a news release following the event InvestInEd, a coalition of religious, labor and community groups that support the tax credit, called out the groups.

The tougher choices down the road could include major cuts in state education spending — the political third rail for many lawmakers; or what are euphemistically called «revenue enhancers,» also known as higher or new taxes; or a cap on state spending, which such powerful labor groups as the teachers and health - care workers unions fight against tooth and nail.

Also at 11:30 a.m., groups representing immigrants will join with labor leaders and elected officials to urge New Yorkers to vote «no» on Nov. 7 on the ballot question that calls for a state constitutional convention, UFT headquarters, 52 Broadway, Manhattan.

At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.

Coalition groups, which include AFSCME, AQE, Citizen Action of NY, Labor Religion Coalition, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, CSEA, NYSUT, NY Working Families Party, A Strong Economy for All, the AFL - CIO and the Human Services Coalition, are calling for reinvestment in jobs and education to spur economic growth and an end to corporate tax loopholes.

... Avella was the original sponsor of a bill to ban horse carriages in the City Council in 2007, and has continued to call for the carriages to be banned, despite skepticism from the current Council and opposition from some labor groups and the Daily News.

A second coalition, called Growing Together New York, and joining dozens of labor, environmental and community groups, will focus more directly on opposing Mr. Cuomo's cuts, while also agitating for the extension of the income - tax surcharge.

A group called Rebuild New York Now is creating a coalition of government leaders, organized labor and private business to urge Albany to spend the windfall on fixing the state's declining infrastructure.

So the group calls for relief from two very costly state mandates - a pension system whose costs have spiraled since the stock market crash, and a labor law that ties the hands of management when negotiating contracts.

The Coalition for the Homeless, joined by community groups and labor unions, crafted the proposal, which calls for 10 percent of city - subsidized new housing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling renters.

A large coalition of environmental, labor, and business groups had pushed the Senate to include such a measure, known as an RES, in its so - called Spill Bill (pdf), a response to the Deepwater Horizon well blowout.

This is where institutional philosophy becomes so important: If you want to try for a VBAC, you need to make certain that all of the various physicians who could end up caring for you — from your ob - gyn to the other doctors in her call group to the hospital personnel on multiple 12 - hour shifts — are committed to supporting you through your labor.

Labor groups sponsored a call - in campaign lobbying legislators against «pension theft.»

The National School Boards Association today joined a group of over 660 organizations in a letter to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees expressing support of the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education and related agencies, and calling for increased investments in the agencies» programs and services in fiscal year 2017.

The school district is in contract negotiations with its labor groups, and UTLA asked the school board to join its call for more state funding as part of its bargaining proposal.

A coalition of organizing, labor and civic groups presented an alternative «Newark Promise» plan that called for community schools and local control.

Indigenous groups, labor, youth, scientists, food justice and clean water activists, religious groups, and civil rights organizations joined environmental groups in calling on world leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disruption.

Friends of the Earth - US joined South Africa's leading community, labor, faith - based, and environmental groups, as well as more than 125 groups worldwide, in calling on the World Bank to reject this loan.

At the time of our calls most juniors were in the large business & commercial litigation (BCL) group; a couple were in product liability; and there was one apiece in criminal defense, employment & labor law, and government affairs.

However, trade unionists and other groups are calling for a «no» on the FTA in protest against labor rights violations in Colombia.

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