Sentences with phrase «labor leaders who»

Mayor de Blasio — who has resisted including the measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $ 212 million for it in his executive budget.

ALBANY — Andrew Cuomo has made some progress recently with the labor leaders who make up the Working Families Party's executive committee.

Before the WFP meeting on Saturday, labor leaders who back Cuomo and have left the WFP released statements critical of the party.

The only problem is that a placeholder would take control from the more activist - based state committee and place it in the hands of the executive committee, which is dominated by labor leaders who have been assiduously courted by Cuomo.

While DiNapoli acknowledged property taxes are a «big issue,» he declined to join several municipal and labor leaders who have critiqued Cuomo's plan.

«We raised the minimum wage last year, and we're now in the midst of a minimum wage phase - in schedule,» Cuomo said at a news conference in Manhattan, where he was flanked by labor leaders who later praised his proposal.

A civil war has erupted within the Working Families Party over whether to back Cuomo for re-election, with labor leaders who support the governor pitted against party leaders and grass roots activists.

The question there is whether the rank - and - file activists, who are unhappy with Cuomo for his fiscal conservatism and lack of movement on progressive issues — mainly creation of a public campaign finance system — will buck party and labor leaders who are more pragmatic and want to endorse the governor for re-election.

«Cuomo's effort was supported by a powerful coalition of business and labor leaders who raised more than $ 4 million for the campaign to support the amendment.»

De Blasio — who has resisted including the «Fair Fares» (city - funded half - priced Metro Cards) measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $ 212 million for it in his executive budget.

Agitation for anti-Oriental laws was continued by labor leaders who were welding a political labor movement.

According to Sen. Diane Savino, a former labor leader who was monitoring the AFSCME election at the union's convention in Boston via BlackBerry while the Senate was in the final throes of its last day in Albany (for now, at least), Donohue received 648 votes to Lee Saunders» 652.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

A Democratic insider called Fishman «a national labor leader who helped invent the modern day labor movement in New York City.»

The school is named after the Mexican - American labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America.

You heard Steven Okeke rant and rail against the Belize City Council for their apparent inaction over an agreement to purchase his completed bust of Antonio Soberanis, the labor leader who made Battlefield Park his stomping ground in the 1930's.

Not exact matches

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.

Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein and his criminal underlings by the coalition of the willing last year has breathed life into many Labor activists — including Federal Labor leader Mark Latham — who are afflicted by anti-Americanism and / or pacifist inclinations.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

It's been a long summer for Labor Leader Bill Shorten, who in eight weeks seems to have run the full gamut of Queen's greatest hits, from I Want it All to Under Pressure.

Mr. Obama, who invited labor leaders to fly with him here on Air Force One, said the «constant war against unions» undermined regular workers.

We need the Wal - Mart worker who depends on her job despite its poor benefits as well as the leader of the local movement to boycott the megachain for its labor abuses.

Their plight is so desperate and so little noticed outside of Colombia — that the labor union leaders in Bogotá who met with our delegation welcomed us with the words, «We have been waiting for you for 50 years.

Menachem Begin (1913 — 92), a military and political leader who became prime minister of Israel, was in many ways the Labor Zionists» polar opposite.

This was largely through the so - called prophets, charismatic leaders who were devoted to Jahweh, spoke on his behalf, condemned any alien deities, and labored to establish him as the one and only god with whom humankind had to deal.

Decades ago, S. Gresham Machen, who has been described as the founder and intellectual leader of American fundamentalism, publicly denounced laws that sought to prohibit child labor.

The annual award is administered by CCEEB, a coalition of California business, labor and public leaders who work together to advance collaborative strategies for a sound economy and a healthy environment.

Flynn, a businessman from Hunter, is being backed by the Transport Workers Union, a national labor organization, whose international president, John Samuelsen, (also FORMER president of TWU Local 100 here in New York), said in a statement to be released by Flynn's campaign that the candidate is «a leader who understands that the economic security of families must be the highest priority of Congress, and that unions are a necessary partner in that mission.»

«This much I can tell you: She leaves with a clean record, unlike many of her colleagues,» labor leader Ron McDougall said of his wife, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who is not seeking re-election.

It was the first official breakfast of the 2018 Somos Annual Spring Conference in Albany on Sat., Mar. 10th and Crespo addressed union leaders and members who had gathered for the traditional New York City Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) morning repast.

Labor leader Hector Figueroa said voters will choose the candidate who can best serve New Yorkers, «not who can seize the most headlines by waging personal attacks.»

This GOP infighting comes a day after news broke about an internal squabble between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and four of the state's top labor leaders, who were bounced from the DNC convention at - large delegate list and told to they could only be reinstated if they personally called the governor to request that be done.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

While the unions endorsed Martins, who said he would prefer the tax hike, labor leaders say they are ready to work with Curran.

Gov. Cuomo, backed by labor leaders including UFT President Michael Mulgrew (center), signs legislation at UFT headquarters to reduce the number of services that New York's public sector unions are obligated to provide to workers who do not pay to support those services.

Cuomo, who says he will seek a third term, has strong poll standing and institutional support from major labor unions and business leaders.

Duffy will be joining RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, who is a big Cuomo supporter and was the first labor leader to call on Gov. David Paterson to step aside to let the AG run unopposed for governor this fall.

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.

I expect the legislative leaders and DiNapoli will express solidarity with the unions — particularly the state comptroller, who owes no small part of his victory over Republican Harry Wilson last year to the efforts on his behalf by organized labor.

The opposition puts him within the same camp of labor leaders and environmental groups who had opposed holding a convention on the grounds constitutionally protected rights and benefits would be put at risk.

Labor was divided in that race, which ended up being carried by Espaillat's hand - picked successor, Marisol Alcantara, who was also backed by IDC Leader Jeff Klein, of the Bronx, and has indicated (though her spokeswoman, Lis Smith) that she will join the breakaway GOP - allied IDC conference after her all - but - certain general election win in November.

Around the table sat Mr. Cuomo; the leaders of New York's most powerful labor unions; Joseph Crowley, the top - ranked New York Democrat in the House of Representatives; and the two rival Democratic leaders of the State Senate — Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who leads the main group of Democrats, and Jeffrey D. Klein, who leads the breakaway group — among others.

Religious, labor, and political leaders joined community members outside the federal building to try and send a message those who voted yes.

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.

«Another 21 will be started this year, so this is a very aggressive and ambitious time table,» said Cuomo, who was surrounded by local politicians and labor leaders.

State Sen. Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who worked with labor leaders to win support for the school, joked that the election year calendar aided the cause.

ALBANY, NY (10/20/2016)(readMedia)-- Dozens of professional caregivers, labor leaders and lawmakers marched and chanted in front of Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) to protest the closure of the last facility in the greater New York City area that treats individuals who suffer from a myriad of developmental disabilities.

The eight City Council members, all Democrats, who are competing to lead the 51 - member legislative body as speaker for the next four years must convince numerous constituencies of their viability, including some combination of county party leaders, labor unions, the mayor, and other influential politicos.

WHO: Denis Hughes, President of the 2 1/2 million member New York State AFL - CIO will be joined by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, as well as New York City and New York State labor leaders.

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.