Sentences with phrase «labor organizations»

Nevertheless, a more realistic analysis shows that rising wages were more the result of labor organization and governmental action than of the unregulated market.
With almost 5 million members nationwide, teacher unions are one of the most powerful labor organizations in the country.
The groups are largely funded by labor organizations and can not receive direct funding from the state.
The successful prosecution of a local labor organization for malicious prosecution against a client in connection with an organizing campaign.
Without a party / club or labor organization at your disposal, it's hard to do that unless you hire.
Do you know how much you and your fellow taxpayers are spending to pay your local teachers union president to leave the classroom and work for a private labor organization?
But we never got labor organizations to contribute any more than the churches; and indeed, in this financial respect, they may in fact be quite similar.
Existing contribution limits for corporations and labor organizations do not apply to contributions made to political action committees.
But to many teachers, the group represents a blue - collar — and sometimes corrupt — style of labor organization that is incompatible with the aims of professionals.
In addition, a 10 percentage - point increase in the share of teachers that are covered by labor organizations is generally associated with a 1.1 - 1.4 point increase in student test scores.
Several local labor organizations are behind the event, but it's open to the public... and free.
Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is touting his endorsement today by DC37, NYC's largest municipal public employee union and one of the few labor organizations with a sizable, well - organized field operation.
The teachers unions also teamed up with other labor organizations in 2016 to form a new super PAC called the For Our Future PAC, which made millions of dollars in independent expenditures in favor of Clinton and other congressional Democrats.
Recently, international labor organizations have visited Canton, trying to drum up support for unionization.
Lists of Twitter handles and Facebook pages for labor organizations and local elected officials.
Senator Bill Larkin (R,C,I - 39th District) today announced the endorsements of five major labor organizations in his bid for re-election in the State Senate.
You would think it's a no - brainer for the largest labor organization in the state to back a Democratic governor who, despite frustrating actions, has worked to create jobs for its members.
As Justice William Brennan wrote in Retail Clerks v. Lion Dry Goods, the Act's coverage «is not limited to labor organizations which are entitled to recognition as exclusive bargaining agents of employees... «Members only» contracts have long been recognized.»
To that end, the Council on Competitiveness, an assembly of CEOs of major corporations, university presidents and the heads of national labor organizations, has entered an American Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness Partnership with the Department of Energy.
Also at 11:30 a.m., the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council, the AFL - CIO and other labor organizations hold a press conference to close the prevailing wage loophole in state budget, outside state Senate lobby, third floor, state Capitol, Albany.
The coalition is backed by businesses, private sector labor organizations and elected officials, and it can raise unlimited funds to meet his goal, according to Board of Elections guidelines and court rulings.
Negotiations with employee labor organizations are scheduled to be completed by the end of October, 2011.
According to a labor source attending Day One of the AFL - CIO's two - day convention in NYC today, the umbrella labor organization has voted to endorse Democratic newcomer Andrew Gounardes over veteran GOP Sen. Marty Golden in the 22nd Senatorial District — a blow to the Brooklyn lawmaker Senate Democrats hope is the majority's secret weak link in the upcoming fall elections.
But Espaillat secured the support of the Transit Workers Union and several smaller labor organizations, and garnered endorsements from Mark - Viverito, two overlapping councilmen and from several of his fellow state senators.
It was also an era of major farm and labor organizations based on Christian fraternalism and engaged in experiments with the cooperative production and distribution of goods: the National Labor Union, the Knights of Labor, Patrons of Husbandry and the Southern Farmers Alliance.
The law would automatically reenroll workers into labor organizations each year and bolster union officials» ability to approach new hires.
«The 32,000 - member [Hotel Trades Council] is a fraction the size of more prominent labor organizations 1199 SEIU or 32BJ SEIU, but punches well above its weight thanks to an efficient and aggressive political arm.
There's a variety of factors why Cuomo fares so poorly in some of these districts, ranging from staunch opposition SAFE Act to his truculent relationship with public - worker labor organizations (never mind that Tkaczyk, a Democrat who narrowly won her race by 18 votes in 2012, did not cast a vote for or against the legislation considering her race had not been resolved at that point).
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer holds leads of thirty points or more over any of the potential Republican nominees and has already lined up support from more than a dozen labor organizations, endorsements that make it difficult for Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi to mount a credible primary challenge.
UCLA's success is the latest in a burst of graduate student labor organization over the last 5 years.
«The model of globalization has failed working people,» said Sharan Burrow, head of the International Trade Union Confederation, a global labor organization.
Facilitation means using corporate or labor organization resources or facilities to engage in fundraising activities in connection with any federal election...»
Worried about federal immigration policies, a New York labor organization is taking steps to protect its own.
A string of blistering statements from various labor organizations that have long backed Cuomo followed, slamming her for both this comment and another that questioned the efficacy of the state's multimillion - dollar film and TV tax credit program.
A number of the city's most powerful private and public labor organizations have come together to form New York Progress, a super P.A.C. that has raised more than $ 1 million so far and hopes to clear at least $ 2 million in the coming weeks, according to Josh Gold, political director for the Hotel & Motel Trades Council.
A spokesman said the language will be similar to that in a bill backed by most of the state's top labor organizations that makes it easier for workers to become full - fledged union members, and showed lawmakers were standing with labor.
But the state United Teachers and the state AFL - CIO, two powerful labor organizations with thousands of members, aren't taking the same route.
The group is clearly not spending as much money as the pro-casino forces, which are propped by a coalition of gambling interests both from here in New York and even Las Vegas, along with major labor organizations like the United Federation of Teachers.
A Miami police union is urging a nationwide boycott by law enforcement labor organizations of Beyoncé's forthcoming world tour, which is slated to begin in the city April 27 at Marlins Park.
New York State United Teachers, as usual one of the most politically active labor organizations, had already given the largest legal donations to the Senate Democrats» campaign arm, and to many other Democratic campaigns.
The 2.5 - million - member labor organization decided Monday...
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