Sentences with phrase «labor groups left»

Multiple labor groups left the WFP last month as it moved to endorse Cuomo's rival for the Democratic nomination for governor, Cynthia Nixon.

Several labor groups left the Working Families Party as the organization prepared to endorse Cynthia Nixon over the governor in his Democratic primary.

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But according to Senator Gavin Marshall, chairman of the «Left federal parliamentary Labor Party caucus,» writing in The Age, Gillard's decision to allow a «conscience vote» on «gay marriage» is «not democratic,» because it «exposes individual parliamentarians to powerful conservative lobby groups» and the retrograde opinions of those «stubbornly opposed to all social reforms.»

Paramilitaries terrorize people into leaving their land, and labor organizers are the group most targeted for assassination.

This concept was supported vigorously by important labor and left - wing Zionist groups, including the radical Marxist Ha - Shomer Ha - Tzair kibbutz movement, the Ahdut Ha - Avodah socialist party, the Poale Zion Smol (Left Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of Amerileft - wing Zionist groups, including the radical Marxist Ha - Shomer Ha - Tzair kibbutz movement, the Ahdut Ha - Avodah socialist party, the Poale Zion Smol (Left Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of AmeriLeft Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America).

Now, both of the FQHCs offer Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care, although the midwives at HCC stopped catching babies that same year, leaving MFC the only place in Muskegon to receive continuous care from a Certified Nurse Midwife throughout labor and birth.

The announcement was the capstone to a day in which two unions, CWA and 32BJ SEIU announced they would leave the WFP amid a broader disagreement over the party's direction with advocacy groups that labor has funded.

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.

They joined other major labor groups that fled the party years earlier, including the UFT, whose president said the union left because «it became evident that their focus was on personal, political agendas and a few egos.»

For groups like Working Families Party (WFP), Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), and Democracy for America (DFA), which have sought to reacquaint the Democratic Party with a left / labor base and replace corporate - captured Democrats with genuine progressives, the Sanders campaign is a very encouraging sign.

Labor unions and left - leaning community groups hostile to Ms. Moskowitz — the types of organizations that specialize in pulling out the vote for low turnout primaries — would rush to Mr. de Blasio's defense.

Cuomo credited the labor group with several of his recent legislative successes, such as a bill that increases the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York and a paid family leave program.

And then left for the 2008 campaigns to be the Political Communications coordinator for the Change to Win Federation, a coalition of labor groups that was instrumental in getting President Obama and many other Democrats elected.

In May, Cuomo, de Blasio and a strong cadre of labor and progressive groups all committed to wresting the State Senate from Republicans when those institutional left forces cut a deal to give Cuomo the Working Families Party line.

Several hours earlier, a coalition of left - leaning and labor - backed groups unveiled a five - point plan that included hiking some taxes to increase spending, while providing income - based property tax relief.

The e-mail recalled a survey of the group's New York members that showed 73 percent of them wanted to see a challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left, and the drama of the Working Families Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second term.

And there's a tradition of sharing information and best practices that's been well - established over the years, spearheaded by left - leaning interest groups and labor unions that began experimenting with voter contact techniques during the George W. Bush years.

Leaders of several groups in the state's institutional left — VOCAL - NY, Citizen Action, and the labor - backed Strong Economy for All coalition — marched on Third Avenue in midtown, saying Cuomo should push the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference and wayward Sen. Simcha Felder to join with the 24 mainstream Democrats led by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)-- a bipartisan group of lawmakers — drafted the bill after finding a remarkable consensus among both parties in regards to the urgent need of — and solutions to — a fix of it's outdated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) counterpart.

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.

Our Employment Litigation group represents its institutional clients in state and federal courts in matters involving the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VI, Title VII, the Human Rights Law, and the New York State Civil Service Law.

Participants: This paper indicates the results of a survey on 469 left - behind children of labor migrant parents in rural areas by comparing them with a control group of 650 children living with their parents in three rural areas of North Vietnam including Phu Tho, Bac Ninh and Ha Nam provinces.