Sentences with phrase «labor leaders in the party»

Not exact matches

WA Labor is operating a cash - for - access Leaders» Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $ 25,000 a year for private meetings with the Premier and his ministers and is a carbon copy of a secretive Liberal Party fundraising venture slammed by Mark McGowan when he was in Opposition.

A little - noticed difference between the federal Labor and Liberal parties is that the former ties itself in knots over whether or not to dispatch a leader who's on the nose with voters.

The coalition holds the kind of veto power that bigcity mayors, African - American leaders and labor unions hold in the Democratic Party.

SA Liberal Party leader Steven Marshall said that state Labor policy had left South Australians with «the highest energy prices in Australia» and «the least reliable grid».

Harold Wilson, the Labor Party leader, carries in his wallet a dog - eared picture of the great Huddersfield Town team of 1922, the Green Bay Packers of their era.

The trouble began on Monday, when King blasted the labor - aligned Working Families Party and criticized Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a lengthy statement after liberal groups have started to put pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to unite the various Democratic factions in the chamber.

The labor - aligned Working Families Party in a statement Friday called on Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein to step aside from his leadership post as an investigation is conducted into an allegation that he forcibly kissed a former legislative staffer.

Mr. Berman's letter ignores the commitment of the Governor, labor leaders, Congressman Crowley and Senate Democrats in ensuring unity in the state party as laid out in the unity deal.

says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of sesparty, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of sesParty of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

George Albro of New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of sesparty, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of sesParty of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

Cuomo is pressuring the labor - backed party to nominate a placeholder candidate in the race to replace him, urging WFP leaders away from Sen. Eric Schneiderman.

«Not only is Jerry Nadler bucking the unity agreement that Governor Cuomo, Senate Democrats and labor leaders have worked for, he is working to unseat the only Latina and first Dominican woman in the State Senate, which only demonstrates how out of touch he is with the goals of the Democratic Party and it's leadership,» said Barbara Brancaccio, spokesperson for Alcantara's campaign.

The same video included appearances by noted progressives like Harry Belafonte and major labor leaders like SEIU 1199's George Gresham, all of whom have influence in the Working Families Party.

In 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized laboIn 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized laboin the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized labor.

The labor - backed Working Families Party earlier agreed to remain neutral in the race, along with the primary bid by Oliver Koppell, who is challenging IDC Leader Jeff Klein.

The potential endorsement of Cynthia Nixon in the race for governor by the Working Families Party is leading some labor leaders to consider forming their own ballot line this fall, sources with direct knowledge of the talks on Thursday said.

As it was during the endorsement battle, which saw some on in the activist wing of the WFP support Cuomo's primary opponent, Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, while big labor leaders sided with the governor, the party is again showing signs of a split.

Teachout, a Fordham Law professor, initially challenged Cuomo for the WFP line in May, only to lose it at the state convention after Cuomo, labor leaders and activists in the party agreed on the incumbent's endorsement.

But labor leaders have advised Cuomo to not take the WFP's ballot line in September anyway after the Sept. 13 party primary — a move that could hamper the WFP's ability to garner votes in the general election and maintain its ballot status.

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 endorseParty, who vote on the party's endorseparty's endorsement.

Left unsaid by the labor leaders and candidates, however, was which party or ballot line they're urging their supporters to choose in voting for all four candidates.

While just about every labor leader in New York lined up to support Hillary Clinton, the Working Families Party fell behind the socialist senator from Vermont.

While just about every labor leader in New York lined up to support Hillary Clinton, the party fell behind the socialist senator from Vermont.

The party's simmering divide between labor leaders in favor of maintaining a good relationship with Mr. Cuomo and die - hard liberals became public these past weeks.

But as federal Labor leader Bill Shorten seeks to reinvent his party, he will do well to examine the reforms his UK counterpart Ed Miliband has introduced to the Labour Party in Briparty, he will do well to examine the reforms his UK counterpart Ed Miliband has introduced to the Labour Party in BriParty in Britain.

Primary challengers to IDC incumbents lost the support of the party and labor leaders, and they all wound up losing in September.

ALBANY — Two labor leaders with strong positions in the Working Families Party indicated they'll be with Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks its line and runs for reelection.

The labor - backed Working Families Party wasted little time in blasting out a fundraising email pointing to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's backing on Thursday of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The IDC leader also sought to shore up his ties with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who in May backed a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, but has since faced discontent from the labor - backed Working Families Party over his newly formed Women's Equality Party.

The labor - backed party didn't make a decision on the 31st SD race when it held its state convention in Buffalo a few weeks back, in part because a number of its affiliates were divided between Espaillat and one of his primary opponents, District Leader Mark Levine.

The stage was set for a primary challenge to Cuomo in May, when leaders in the labor - backed Working Families Party gathered to select their candidate for governor.

ALBANY — The most prominent elements of the Working Families Party spent Friday at war with one another, with labor leaders hoping to broker a deal to endorse Governor Andrew Cuomo threatening to formally, publicly secede, and activists digging in around the candidacy of Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout.

«While we certainly support the issues laid out in this agenda... it frustrates us that in this time of Trump and the national rhetoric attacking the Labor Movement that the National Democratic party has not seen fit to include one labor issue in its policy platform,» the eight members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference wrote in a letter to two party leaLabor Movement that the National Democratic party has not seen fit to include one labor issue in its policy platform,» the eight members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference wrote in a letter to two party lealabor issue in its policy platform,» the eight members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference wrote in a letter to two party leaders.

The union's plan to forego donations to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee this year is part of a deliberate strategy by a united coalition of labor groups, Working Families Party leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo to help Democrats regain control of the State Senate, where they have been in the minority for 48 of the last 50 years.

But the current Leader of the Opposition, Harriet Harman, seemed happy to defy that convention yesterday by endorsing the Australian Labor Party and in particular its Prime MInister, Julia Gillard, ahead of this Saturday's general election.

Oh, and we might also reflect that the only party in recent history which memorably changed its leader at the last minute was the Australian Labor Pparty in recent history which memorably changed its leader at the last minute was the Australian Labor PartyParty.

Earlier plans to curb emissions upended two political leaders, including Gillard's immediate predecessor in the Labor party.

In England the Labor Party has been seriously handicapped by the limited education of its leaders.

The Australian Labor Party («progressive») has just elected a new leader, having been beaten in the recent election in a landslide.

I've been planning for a while to write a post arguing that the one thing Julia Gillard can do to (at least, potentially) salvage her place in the history books is to secure passage of the carbon price package (and preferably the other outstanding items left over from the Rudd era, such as the mining tax legislation and health reform), then step aside, and let the Labor party choose a new leader.

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