Sentences with phrase «labor movement as»

WASHINGTON — The National Education Association has made another step toward allying itself more closely with its chief rival, the American Federation of Teachers, as well as with other education associations and the labor movement as a whole.

More likely he suddenly panicked at the prospect of following a Republican lead in scrapping something as close to the heart of the labor movement as seniority.

«This is a defining moment for the labor movement as it demonstrates what can be accomplished when we all work together, from the public sector, private sector and building trades unions, to the Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations,» said AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.

Aside from a long history in the labor movement as an organizer for the state Nurses Association, she was also a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the New York presidential primary.

(«I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem,» President Barack Obama said this morning at a White House reception.

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Last year, the figure was 333,000, of which 184,000 came from the E.U. Even if you accept, as most do, that immigration has expanded the tax base and kept the price of both food and services down, the influx — for which there is no end in sight — is changing the face of the country too fast for the population to stomach, and the E.U.'s rules on free movement of labor are an easy target.

TQM was demonstrated on a grand scale by Japanese industry through the intervention of W. Edwards Deming — who, in consequence, and thanks to his missionary labors in the U.S. and across the world, has come to be viewed as the «father» of quality control, quality circles, and the quality movement generally.

But in Germany the labor movement remains strong, and on workplace issues the mainstream political parties, the Christian Democrats as well as the Social Democrats, are well to the left of their American and British counterparts.

Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

Today marks four years since since the labor movement known as the Fight for $ 15 launched, and American fast - food employees and other hourly workers are continuing to push for a living wage.

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.

Some of the businesses that have put large sums into the campaigns of congressmen and presidents, as well as labor generally, have suffered from the movement toward free trade that is supported by economic ideology.

Congressman Henry Hyde, that lion of pro-life, has characterized the movement as one of the most admirable in history since those who labor in this cause reap absolutely no material gain from its success.

But his key analytical model here, presented as a novel insight» that Progressivism was a movement of the middle class caught between perceived threats from the upper class above and the laboring and farming classes below» has been a commonplace of historiographical analysis since the 1950s.

Even as knowledgeable a study as Richard Niebuhr's The Social Sources of Denominationalism labors under the error that the social «milieu» out of which religious movements grow determines their character.

We loosen our grip and make our concessions only when we are forced to do so by some competing group that has acquired sufficient power to bring us to the negotiating table, as the history of the labor - management conflict and the modern women's movement illustrate.

They spoke of Jesus like one speaks of an intimate friend or lover, as if they had just returned from a long walk by his side, their faces still flush from the movement, their breathing still labored from trying to keep up.

As a result the socialist education movements that were effective among European workers were much less successful here and labor organizations limited their goals to short - run economic benefits.

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).

As she sees it, the growing success of the feminist movement combined with emancipation from domestic labor via technology to create a crisis for American society just after World War II, when millions of returning servicemen were flooding the job market.

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As an expectant mother you may have wondered about the positive effects that movement can have in pregnancy, during labor, and after birth in the postpartum period.

We will offer natural, non-drug alternatives (such as a birth tub, and movement in labor) along with love and encouragement.

During the labor and birth of your baby, your Doula offers help and advice on comfort measures such as breathing techniques, relaxation, movements, and comfortable positioning.

This FREE Childbirth Education class is available to help couples learn how to manage the rigors of labor with natural modalities such as movement, changes in position and Rebozo.

In teaching childbirth education classes, I expose families to a wide range of options for their birth experience including choices for relaxation, movement, labor and birth positions and the very first decisions as parents.

If no medical personnel are on the sports sideline, any athlete showing potential signs of concussion, such as balance or motor incoordination (stumbles, slow / labored movements), disorientation or confusion, loss of memory, blank or vacant look or visible facial injury combined with any of these other symptoms, should be removed from play, barred from returning and referred for a formal evaluation by a qualified health care professional.

Mindful movement, including Yoga & Pilates principals empower a woman to awaken herself physically, emotionally and spiritually as she prepares for labor & birth, embracing her role as a mother. Taught by Certified Nurse Midwife Colleen Brezine, Kim Andrews, RN and Deb Koniaryzck, RN.

There are also other types of interventions that can negatively impact your birth experience such as manual breaking of the water, membrane stripping, restriction of movement during labor, IVs, other drugs, continual fetal heart monitoring, and episiotomies among others.

In general, states try to restrict the movement of foreign labor because immigrants are seen as «taking jobs» from locals.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

«As a reminder, 90 % of the union movement who started the Working Families Party left four years ago — the only thing that happened today is that the rest of labor followed,» Appelbaum said in a Friday statement.

Howie Hawkins has been an organizer in movements for peace, justice, labor, the environment, and independent working - class politics since 1967 when he got active in «The Movement» as a teenager in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The labor - backed party sent out a fundraising appeal today in the form of an email with the subject line «make Rush Limbaugh eat his words,» noting that the radio shock jock and other conservatives seized on a Craigslist ad for organizers as proof that the left is hiring demonstrators and the whole grassroots movement claim is one big scam.

Religious and labor advocates rallied at the State Capitol Monday as part of a nationwide movement known as Moral Mondays, to urge state lawmakers to take more progressive stances on issues.

Even as the labor movement has faltered around the country, it remains strong in New York, which has the highest private and public - sector union membership of any state.

The WFP is supported by liberal organizations as well as the labor movement.

Iannuzzi will begin his latest term at a critical juncture for the labor movement, as issues like collective bargaining and seniority are under attack nationwide, and as public K - 12 and higher education in New York struggle to cope with the devastating effects of more than $ 1 billion in cuts by state government.

Religious and labor advocates rallied Monday at the New York state Capitol as part of a nationwide movement, known as Moral Mondays, urging state lawmakers to take more progressive stances on issues.

«As a result of her efforts, Lauren Thoden has received substantial support within the local labor movement in the 3rd Assembly district.

«As a result of his efforts, David Weprin has received substantial support within the local labor movement in the 24th Assembly District.

The event Friday morning comes as Cuomo has taken an increasingly arch tone with President Donald Trump's administration and policies, while also linking himself further to the labor movement in New York.

Cuomo, who in his first term had a decidedly strained relationship with public - sector labor groups who represent state employees as well as teachers, said there's an «anti-union movement» afoot in the coutnry.

Organized labor, which once feared that increased immigration would drive down wages, now sees new immigrants as essential to the future of the trade union movement.

As union membership has declined elsewhere in the country, New York's labor movement has won a series of key victories and has been able to avoid declines.

«As our opponents know, when the labor movement is thriving we not only raise the wages, benefits and conditions of employment of union members; we raise the standard of living and quality of life of all working people, union or not,» Cilento said.

«As an immigrant, and longtime member of the labor movement, Marisol Alcantara is a candidate that UNITE HERE Local 100 trusts to fight for our members day in and day out,» said UNITE HERE Local 100 President Bill Granfield.

He has done this despite the default of the labor movement of which he is an active part as a Teamster; New York unions by and large have have rejected political independence and have chosen the path of least resistance, endorsing «winners» like Andrew Cuomo for governor, in the hopes of picking up a few fallen crumbs off the bargaining table.

As the executive director of the Labor - Religion Coalition of New York State, I've supported the movements to raise workers» wages and provide family leave for working families.

Our members are unified in this battle, a battle that started as a result of Con Edison's deeply misguided notion that they could intimidate Local 1 - 2, and by extension the labor movement in New York.