Sentences with phrase «labor groups such»

Overall, labor groups such as 1199 that represent health care workers gave $ 685,850 to Senate Democrats and $ 160,192 to their Republican opponents.

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.

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To help identify the most promising industries for start - ups, a team of Inc. reporters hit the phones and scoured the data — from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and from private research groups such as Sageworks, IBISWorld, and AnythingResearch.com.

Employers and labor unions may offer private group insurance, but these will generally not cover urgent cases such as fractures.

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

This could be due to slightly more affordable mortgages, as well as other draws for millennials such as a strong labor market — unemployment is below the national average at 3.7 percent — and relatively high incomes for people in that age group, according to a Zillow analysis.

In many respects, the New Deal was less about income redistribution than about the recognition of «group rights» benefitting these cultural challengers, a recognition embedded in such policies as the fostering of labor unions, public works programs, and social insurance.

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 America).

«Complications such as pregnancy - induced hypertension with associated intrauterine growth retardation as well as preterm labor and prematurity were less frequent in the yoga group.

I know some people may think it's weird to join a mom's group if you're not a mom yet, but if you're expecting it is such an amazing help to have people routing for you and maybe even get some pregnancy and labor / delivery advice.

Several hospital accreditation groups, such as Leapfrog and JCAHO, have introduced incentives for hospitals to reduce the number of elective labor inductions before 40 weeks.

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders.

It's questionable as to whether large - scale potential customers, such as big labor groups and political organizations such as Organizing for Action would consider using Organizer if it served both sides.

In New York City, allies of Mr. Bloomberg have organized such groups to lobby for the mayor's proposals on congestion pricing, charter schools and other issues, often in opposition to the municipal labor unions.

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.

Holding a convention had been staunchly opposed by labor groups, who worried rights such as collective bargaining would be impacted or potentially weakened if a convention is held.

Cuomo has recruited over the years staunch allies in labor, such as the politically influential HTC, 119SEIU as well as construction - labor groups.

The group endorses candidates based on their voting record on key issues identified by its members such as health care, taxes, labor and regulatory issues.

The group is joining a disparate coalition known as New Yorkers Against Corruption that includes labor unions, environmental groups and right - leaning organizations as well such as the Conservative Party and the Rifle and Pistol Association.

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.

New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a collation of labor unions, community organizations, and the variety of public interest groups such as Citizens Action of New York.

More than three years after he pleaded guilty to embezzling $ 2.2 million from such groups as the Electchester Athletic Association, the Central Labor Council and his own campaign account, jailed former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin has yet to pay back the organizations he stole from.

And in some instances, the same groups have taken money from organizations with clear interests before the Legislature, such as labor unions, and supported their causes.

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.

Mr. Hawkins, who is chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, also prepared by speaking to like - minded groups of people, such as parents whose children participate in...

An executive order by New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer last month granting family child - care providers the right to unionize is the latest sign of an aggressive push by organized labor to represent such workers, who care for small groups of children in the providers» own homes.

As I did last year for Labor Watch and The American Spectator over the last year, Rotherham details how groups such as Educators4Excellence have agitated with some success for the two unions to modify their positions.

The LCAP community engagement campaign is a collaborative process between district staff and its stakeholders, such as advisory groups, labor partners, students and community - based organizations.

However, labor organizations and community groups were in favor of the rule arguing that such preferences are useful in ensuring that communities have access to training and a pathway to a career in the transportation industry.

(d) The term «labor organization» means a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce, and any agent of such an organization, and includes any organization of any kind, any agency, or employee representation committee, group, association, or plan so engaged in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment, and any conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint council so engaged which is subordinate to a national or international labor organization.

(D) The term «labor organization» means a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce, and any agent of such an organization, and includes any organization of any kind, any agency, or employee representation committee, group, association, or plan so engaged in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment, and any conference, general committee, joint or system board, or joint council so engaged which subordinate to a national or international labor organization.

He has worked on international projects with funding from groups such as the National Science Foundation, World Bank, United Nations and the International Labor Organization and acts as a reviewer for a number of economics journals.

Typically, the policyowner is an employer or an entity such as a labor organization, and the policy covers the employees or members of the group.

Small groups of volunteers who have worked at Bacalar Chico for short periods, such as a few days to a rnonth, engaged mostly in manual labor.

Group Activities - New York Artist Union, the WPA, and the Art Workers Coalition Teach - in - Working Conditions Seminar with Precarious Workers Brigade (London), UKK (Young Art Workers, Copenhagen) and a representative of the Chilean Ministry of Culture - Ongoing discussions with representatives from local unions and working centers such as UWA, IWW, Teamster, Writer's Guild of America East, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and others - Monthly book club on labor law, organizing, workplace occupations, and radical history - End Sotheby's Lockout Solidarity Action at the Whitney Biennial with Occupy Museums, Occupy Sotheby's and Arts & Culture - Joining other OWS labor affiliated working groups such as Labor Outreach Committee, Occupy Your Workplace, and 99 Pickets, as part of the Labor Alliance cllabor law, organizing, workplace occupations, and radical history - End Sotheby's Lockout Solidarity Action at the Whitney Biennial with Occupy Museums, Occupy Sotheby's and Arts & Culture - Joining other OWS labor affiliated working groups such as Labor Outreach Committee, Occupy Your Workplace, and 99 Pickets, as part of the Labor Alliance cllabor affiliated working groups such as Labor Outreach Committee, Occupy Your Workplace, and 99 Pickets, as part of the Labor Alliance clLabor Outreach Committee, Occupy Your Workplace, and 99 Pickets, as part of the Labor Alliance clLabor Alliance cluster

Franklin Street Works will be working with five New York City - based guest curators in 2017 and 2018, originating six new group exhibitions around themes such as: shared strategies of the labor and LGBTQ movements; economic and political refugees; ways artists animate desire in abstract painting; art that explores political and personal paranoia; and more.

This group inspired later generations of artists such as Henry Schnakenberg, Aaron Harry Gorson, and others who painted subjects of labor and leisure.

Trailing Lula was a chorus of jeers from world environmentalists and civic groups, such as Conservation International, the Brazilian labor organization CUT, and even the United Nations Environment Program.

Jerome Ringo (The Apollo Alliance & NWF)- Jerome Ringo is chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation, the first African American in such a leadership position at a major national environmental group and was recently named president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of organized labor, environmental, business and civil rights leaders determined to free the United States of dependence on foreign oil.

Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) is a pro-climate and pro-labor group advocating that such workers get a deal like the 1944 G.I. Bill: three years of full wages and benefits, four years of education and retraining, and job placement in community economic development programs.

... While some of its partners are climate - change organizations like NextGen Climate, founded by top Democratic donor Tom Steyer, the march is also heavily backed by labor unions and social - justice groups such as Color of Change, which is also backed by Mr. Soros.

Speaking broadly, this highly diverse group includes farmers, environmentalists, students, rural labor, minorities, senior citizens, technology entrepreneurs and a wide range of people in traditional industries such as food, medicine, social services and manufacturing whose experience has yielded cynicism and dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Our M&A Practice Group includes corporate, tax, and cross-border specialists and, as a full - service law firm, we enlist talent from our other practices — such as intellectual property, ERISA, labor and employment, environmental, immigration and litigation — to help clients achieve positive outcomes in any transaction.

In addition, attorneys within our Employment, Benefits & Labor Relations group are active members in organizations such as the Central Wisconsin Society for Human Resource Management.

The laws governing labor and employment matters in West Virginia pertain to the relationship between employees or employee groups, such as union organizations, and employers.

The laws governing labor and employment matters in North Carolina pertain to the relationship between employees or employee groups, such as union organizations, and employers.

Labor law governs the relationships between groups of employees, such as labor unions and their employers, while employment law governs the relationships between individual employees and their emploLabor law governs the relationships between groups of employees, such as labor unions and their employers, while employment law governs the relationships between individual employees and their emplolabor unions and their employers, while employment law governs the relationships between individual employees and their employers.

The Brewery Group caters to the specific legal needs of brewery owners by offering a multi-disciplinary service platform in areas such as corporate, real estate, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, among others.

The laws governing labor and employment matters pertain to the the relationship between employee groups, such as union organizations, and employers.

Other associations such as employee groups and labor organizations may also be recognized by insurers.