Sentences with phrase «labor groups say»

Unions hoped the threat of withholding contributions would scare Democratic lawmakers out of supporting President Barack Obama's Trade Promotion Authority, or «fast track,» to negotiate the Trans - Pacific Partnership — a trade agreement labor groups say would hurt manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

The New York State United Teachers argues in the legal action that the confidentiality requirement — which the labor group says is essentially a «gag order» against teachers is unconstitutional and violates free speech rights.

The alliance of parents, youth, community organizations and labor groups said they would be holding demonstrations the same day in 19 other cities at school districts facing similar issues, including Chicago, Milwaukee, San Diego, Dallas and Baltimore.

Not exact matches

Labor groups on Tuesday said pockets of employment and wage growth overall are still too weak to warrant tighter financial conditions.

«We are pleased that Amazon is joining the remarkable group of forward - looking organizations that are pursuing innovations in apprenticeship for the 21st century,» said the Obama administration's Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor, Chris Lu, in a press release.

While this figure might not have market watchers jumping up for joy, «it is a positive sign that more people flowed into the labor force and shows the labor market is on the right track,» says Kurt Rankin, an economist at PNC Financial Services Group.

«Inclement weather is one of those issues that engenders some strong feelings,» says Eric Athey, the co-chair of the Labor and Employment Group at the McNees law offices in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Li & Fung's ability to exert pressure on factories can have unfortunate consequences, said Guadalupe Palma, director of Warehouse Workers United, a labor advocacy group.

For their part, industry groups said they welcomed the addition and hoped Emanuel would soon lead the board to undo Obama - era policies, including allowing employees to organize in «micro-unions» and holding franchisors responsible for franchisees» violations of labor law.

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.

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.

«We looked at transportation costs, labor costs, productivity, and it made sense,» said Allan McArtor, chief executive of Airbus Group Inc. «We will be building single aisle airplanes (in Mobile) for a long, long time.»

Cetera Financial Group says it has hired more executives and updated its platforms in order to helps its advisors sell and service retirement plans in accordance with the expected new Department of Labor fiduciary standard.

He said the pay rule approved today is mainly of interest to certain activist groups such as labor unions.

In a note to clients on the ADP report, Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said, «Employment wouldn't be growing this strongly unless companies were able to find workers among the unemployed or draw on those out of the labor force.»

Scalia, who co-chairs his firm's Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group and is a member of its Labor and Employment Practice Group, said the lawsuit first challenges the «definition and meaning» of the word fiduciary.

As anticipated, financial services trade groups are said to be filing a lawsuit soon challenging the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule.

One big concern: Giving investors the right to sue could have «a chilling effect on people giving advice,» says Ann Combs, head of government relations at Vanguard Group and a former assistant secretary of labor under Pres. George W. Bush.

Carmakers and suppliers getting most of their aluminum and steel from U.S. producers may not shield them from rising costs, said Kristin Dziczek, director of the industry, labor and economics group at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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.

He said efforts to revise the H - 2B guest worker program have been stalled by opposition from labor groups, which have argued that companies don't try hard enough to hire Americans or pay a living wage before turning to the program.

«The labor market has been strong, and my colleagues and I on the Federal Open Market Committee expect it to remain strong,» Mr. Powell said on Friday, referring to the Fed's policy group.

But Richard Trumka, the president of AFL - CIO labor federation who is a member of Mr. Trump's manufacturing council, said Monday afternoon that the organization was «assessing our role» with the group.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

«These studies do tend to show there will be factors in resumes that will lead to bias,» said David Lewin, director of Berkeley Research Group's Labor and Employment practice.

Honeyman said research has shown group housing systems may not require more labor per animal than individual gestation stalls, and in some cases may require less.

With my second, they suspected my son was big and since I had a fast labor with my first and I was group b strep positive that time, they offered induction and I said yes.

Perhaps she should answer as to why two - thirds of her fundraising support is coming from Washington liberal special - interest groups and labor unions,» said Brooks Campaign Manager Noah Lebowitz.

Conducted by the Retail Action Project, a community organizing group co-founded by the union RWDSU, the survey of more than 110 people on 14 CUNY campuses — or one - quarter of all CUNY food service workers — reported numerous instances of what it says are workers being served «a steady diet of low wages, few benefits, precarious schedules and labor violations.»

If confirmed, we will hold Mr. Acosta accountable as labor secretary and do whatever it takes to make sure that our voices are heard loud and clear in Washington,» said Aiesha Meadows McLaurin, a Burger King worker, in a statement released by the Fight For $ 15 group.

The influential NYC principals union endorsed Mayor Bill de Blasio for reelection last night, joining the teachers union and a host of other labor groups supporting the worker - friendly mayor, campaign officials said.

A coalition of labor unions, religious groups, and others are urging Governor Cuomo and the legislature to close what they say are loopholes in the law that protect large corporations from paying their fair share of taxes.

Cuomo publicly denounced the mayor's proposal, saying that it favored developers and only certain labor groups and didn't have a chance to pass.

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.»

«I deeply appreciate that I can count on strong fundraising support from progressive groups, labor unions, local small businesses, and my community's leaders,» Constantinides said.

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.

«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.

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

Ron Deutsch, with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, a progressive leaning group associated with the labor unions, says the report is misleading.

Andy Reynolds, spokesperson for the Coalition for Economic Justice, an association of local labor and community groups, said: «The cost per job is so high that it is extremely unlikely that the public will really see a return on its investment.»

«When public dollars are spent, the jobs that are created should be stable, pay decently, and have benefits — they should have the things people need to live,» said Kirk Laubenstein, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Justice, a local labor group.

The union that represents the deputies who responded to the Florida high school massacre is holding a no - confidence vote on the sheriff, with the labor group's leaders saying he should have accepted some blame for the shooting.

The work on that project should be done by cooperative labor groups that would keep the money local, he said.

The Rev. Emily McNeill, who heads the Labor - Religion Coalition of New York State, said her group is not as concerned about the topics promoted by the evangelical right, including opposition to abortion and gay marriage.

«The schism in the WFP is between its founding labor unions and their organizing groups,» Cuomo spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer said in an email.

«I want to thank the unprecedented alliance of elected officials, led by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, as well as the representatives of organized labor and New York's advocacy groups, for campaigning so effectively that the will of the people be properly recognized,» she said.

But $ 15 «has become the standard» for labor groups in part because of the advocacy of fast - food workers in particular, said Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union.

Leading up to the June 2015 bill, Cuomo criticized the mayor's proposal, saying that it favored wealthy developers and only certain labor groups.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

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.