Sentences with phrase «labor official said»

One top labor official said John Samuelsen, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, was beefing with Mr. de Blasio simply because the mayor's Vision Zero initiative initially forced bus drivers to automatically face misdemeanor charges if they injured or killed pedestrians crossing with the light in their favor.

«I feel he has the position and the platform where she can do so much, and push it over the edge, and get it passed,» the labor official said.

Wages have stagnated as more South Floridians have retired with lower incomes, economists and state labor officials say.

CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio's meeting with police union leaders on Tuesday was «productive» but ended with «no resolve» after two and half hours, city and labor officials said.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from non-members in a case that labor officials say could threaten membership and further weaken union clout.

Superstorm Sandy had little apparent effect on the job market, despite making landfall in the Northeast only days before the department conducted its survey of households and businesses, Labor officials said.

Not exact matches

At Google, an audit of their pay practices by the Department of Labor found «systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,» showing, one official has said, six to seven standard deviations between pay for men and women in nearly every job category.

«Migrant workers are a very elastic part of the labor pool that aren't captured anywhere (in official statistics),» said Julia Wang, an economist with HSBC in Hong Kong.

«Government officials will engage in the negotiations over the weekend in an effort to help reach a tentative labor agreement between the company and the union by 5 p.m. Monday,» GM said in a statement.

Police and medical officials, though, said that exhaustion from overwork was probably to blame, while a United Nations labor agency pointed to the possibility that chemicals used to treat fabrics could be responsible.

SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California company that federal officials say violated salary requirements of the country's foreign - worker visa program will pay a total of $ 173,044 to 12 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday.

A White House official said the document, titled «Draft Conflict of Interest Rule For Retirement Savings,» shouldn't be seen as a new turn in the Labor Department's rulemaking.

Officials said at the last Fed meeting, in July, that they wanted to see «some further improvement» in labor markets.

The regulation emerged after the Trump administration pulled back from the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, Empire State officials have said.

The San Diego region added 27,100 jobs in a year, said state labor officials.

If changes to the Department of Labor fiduciary rule are not made soon, the chances of any concessions go down sharply, industry officials say.

The Communications Workers of America, a labor union, asked CEOs of large corporations to give workers the $ 4,000 average income gain that White House officials said would flow eventually from lower corporate taxes.

The retirement age, pension cuts, privatizations and the government's intention to reinstate collective bargaining restrictions in the labor market are all areas where Greece and and its creditors remain far apart, the official said.

Although the city's signature heat and humidity may last well beyond the official end of summer, Labor Day Weekend provides an excellent opportunity to say farewell to the season.

District officials said they had to increase prices in order to keep pace with rising food and labor costs.

Village officials said they recently began negotiating new labor agreements with the Firefighter / Paramedic Association as well as the Metropolitan Alliance of Police and may have to make modifications later this year depending on contract settlements.

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.

NYS Labor Department officials say that newly revised data shows that New York State's economic expansion continued last year, with the annual private sector job count exceeding eight million for the first time.

In the letter, business officials say they're willing to work with the governor's panel — which includes representatives of both business and labor — to work on the reforms.

The city's overall budget grew by 10 percent over the same time period, according to the Independent Budget Office — an increase city officials said was due largely to new labor contracts negotiated under Mayor de Blasio.

PEF insiders say that two senior officials at the union exited last week: Jim Hair, the director of labor relations and a co-leader of the PEF contract team, and Scott Morlock, the assistant director of public relations.

Thursday's event was organized by labor unions, whose officials criticized the decision to close down several facilities around the state and had some harsh things to say about the governor.

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

NIFA officials said side letters, arbitration awards, settlement agreements and memorandums of understanding related to the labor deals have never been compiled in one summary.

As part of the project labor agreement, the union has agreed to an adjustment on shift premiums, a no - strike or - work stoppage clause and dispute mechanisms to prevent interruptions in the project work, NYCHA officials said.

«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.

Santino also cut costs in labor and discretionary spending, officials said.

But total police overtime spending rose slightly, to nearly $ 67.8 million because police personnel are making higher salaries under a new labor deal, officials said.

But CUNY officials had long resisted the creation of a Labor School until the past year or so, labor leader Labor School until the past year or so, labor leader labor leader said.

The official, Harry Nespoli, chairman of the Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of unions, said that Mr. Bloomberg had become «a dictator» and that «the mayor has set back labor relations 40 years.&rLabor Committee, an umbrella group of unions, said that Mr. Bloomberg had become «a dictator» and that «the mayor has set back labor relations 40 years.&rlabor relations 40 years.»

Percoco, prosecutors said, was later able to help Cor with several issues, including getting an expensive «labor peace» arrangement with local unions waived by state officials for a Syracuse Inner Harbor project.

The company wanted to avoid a labor - peace agreement, with construction unions that Empire State Development officials said was needed to get grants.

Palma denounced the «aggression» by the union, saying she wanted «all labor leaders to allow us as council members, as elected officials, as leaders, to let us go through our process,» the Post reported.

A person familiar with the matter but not authorized to comment publicly said Labor Department officials met with the district attorney's office last year about Reid's case and turned over documents they gathered in the administrative case against Reid.

Sean Mitchell, an official with the Florida ironworkers, said Grayson and Murphy have both been «friends of labor,» but like Ortis, he said Murphy has the «best chance» to win in November against the eventual Republican opponent.

«Created by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the State Legislature, this task force of key state agencies, prominent state and local elected officials, and labor union representatives, has hit the ground running to help ensure that the closure process effectively addresses the needs of the communities surrounding Indian Point,» said Task Force Chairman and Department of Public Service Executive Deputy Tom Congdon.

The officials said that with the June 15 expiration date looming, they are now concerned that «the labor management cooperative history is being threatened.»

Hawkins says this time around, his candidacy is being taken seriously by the press and key labor officials.

The official J'Ouvert parade will take place at 2 a.m. on Labor Day, Sept. 5, starting at Grand Army Plaza and continuing south on Flatbush Avenue to Empire Boulevard, organizers said.

More street lighting, better staffing and official permitting is the goal for the pre-dawn Labor Day event this year, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in an announcement Wednesday.

CROWN HEIGHTS — The NYPD is planning to double the number of police officers at J'Ouvert this year, bulking up the department's presence at the pre-dawn Labor Day celebration following violence at the event last year, police officials said Tuesday.

Addressing an audience of labor leaders, local elected officials and autoworkers, Mrs. Clinton singled out companies that she said had received tax benefits as they shipped jobs out of the country.

At a City Council hearing, Mulgrew said he was «aggravated and pissed off» that labor relation officials were dragging their heels and using parental leave as a bargaining chip in contract negotiations with his union, which is majority female.

Union officials say there are a number of affordable housing developments using union labor, including the huge Pacific Park (formerly Atlantic Yards) project in Brooklyn.

And labor leaders say the top union official in the state, Denis M. Hughes, the president of the New York State A.F.L. - C.I.O., is concerned about what could turn out to be a debilitating schism in the most unionized state in the country.