Sentences with phrase «labor protections»

He deserves credit, the paper says, for his farm worker bill which would have granted farm workers basic labor protections.

A constitutional convention, which voters can determine every seven years through a statewide referendum, has been opposed by labor unions who worry labor protections and collective bargaining rights could be altered.

Many unions fear the convention could be used to roll back organized labor protections and pension benefits.

These states also have relatively weak labor protection laws.

CAFTA - DR is strengthening workers» rights and conditions in the region, through enforcement of labor protections to which its workers are entitled under countries» national laws.

He said New York has some of the strongest labor protections of any state in the nation.

Senate Democrats on Thursday renwed their push to have a bill come to the floor that would provide for strengthened labor protections for farm workers in New York.

«When you have some of the strongest labor protections in the country, it is very difficult to gamble on all that.

Those include loosening watertight labor protections and cutting public spending.

The former Rothschild banker with globalist inclinations is already drawing fire, in part for a push to overhaul labor protections and cut payroll taxes (reforms business has long sought).

Members of the Independent Democratic Conference on Friday backed a package of measures designed to enhance and bolster labor protections in New York.

Opponents, led by the state's labor unions, successfully argued that the constitution already contains a number of rights, including several labor protections, and that it might be dangerous to reopen the entire document at a convention that they said could be hijacked by special interests.

The New York City District Council of Carpenters sued the de Blasio administration last year for violating long - standing labor protections, even though mayor considers himself to be pro-labor.

At 1 p.m., IDC lawmakers will hold a news conference to call on federal representatives to block right - to - work legislation and announce a four - point IDC Labor Protection Plan to combat anti-worker legislation being pushed at the national level, RWDSU Headquarters, 370 Seventh Avenue, New York City.

«With those strong labor protections comes a way of life.

The action, according to even some of Mr. de Blasio's strongest union supporters, violated longstanding labor protections and threatened to set a precedent that could give the city more leverage during negotiations, at a time when more than half of the union contracts have expired.

Mr. Cuomo is a fierce supporter of charter schools and an opponent of teachers unions, who resent the governor's efforts to back educational ventures that don't require stringent labor protections.

Therefore, issues related to precarious workers (including contractors, freelancers, etc.), termination provisions and a range of other labor protections will be addressed among what is anticipated to be a series of changes coming from the Liberals.

But the president's public support of Loren Cook is just the most recent addition to the list of reasons worker advocates are worrying about labor protections under the Trump administration.

On Monday, the Philippine Senate ratified the Domestic Workers Convention, launching into effect new levels of labor protection and working conditions for millions of Philippine workers.

He says New York has some of the strongest labor protections of any state in the nation.

«For anybody who has to pay the bills and has a family, having no labor protections and no job security is at best a mixed blessing,» said Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley.

It also needs to incorporate the environmental and labor protections that are in side agreements.

Citing Trump and his, as Sen. Jose Peralta put it, «castigating» of immigrants, advocates have resumed pushing for a long - stalled Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, an omnibus bill that would give farmworkers a number of labor protections.

Too much hangs in the balance: the future of immigrant families; a woman's right to choose; affordable health care; labor protections; our environment; and so much more.

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a breakaway group of Senate Democrats that has formed a ruling coalition with Senate Republicans — came out against the convention earlier this month, citing concerns for labor protections.

The lower court judge had argued that these labor protections make it harder to fire bad teachers, and bad teachers significantly undermine a child's education.

In a 3 - 0 decision, the appellate judges concluded that the labor protections themselves are not responsible for harming students, even if school administrators sometimes implement them injudiciously.

The default warranty for this system provides a year of parts - and - labor protection.

The Acer Aspire E5 comes with the company's standard 1 - year parts & labor protection.