Sentences with phrase «labor rallies in»

Education historian Diane Ravitch says the teachers on the front lines of labor rallies in Wisconsin reflect growing anger among educators nationwide.

Community & Labor Rally in NYC on Sunday to Protect Saturday Mail Delivery and Strengthen the Postal Service Friday March 22, 2013 at 12:07 pm

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who headed New York City's teachers» union before taking the national post, wouldn't take sides when confronted by reporters at a labor rally in Albany Wednesday.

Before it was retired and replaced in 1927 by the electric chair, the gallows was used in at least 40 hangings, beginning with those of four of eight men convicted in the deaths of eight police officers during an 1886 labor rally in Haymarket Square.

Not exact matches

While consumers may have also benefitted from the stock market's Trump rally via their holdings in mutual funds and 401 (k) s, it didn't quite translate to their paychecks: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS), U.S. workers earned a median wage of about $ 43,380.48 in 2016 — a 2.8 % raise, or $ 1,214.65.

Way back in 2009 I showed a study that suggested Labor Day week performance has been somewhat dependent on whether the market has rallied over the 20 trading days leading up to it.

A similar channel shows a downward direction, and even within the channel, as is noted, price labors on rallies and has greater EDM [Ease of Downward Movement], indicating sellers are still in overall control.

Treasury yields closed the session on one - week highs, as the ADP employment report showed a robust labor market, which bodes well before Friday's government release, while the relief rally is risk assets also pushed yields higher across the curve, despite the slight miss in the ISM services PMI.

Though this labor of love was never a money - maker, thousands of Earth Flags were sold over the decades, and to this day, if you show up at an environmental rally, you are bound to see one flapping in the breeze.

The National Rally for Change is launching a «birth revolution» on Labor Day in the hopes of changing this shocking statisic.

The Working Families Party, along with a host of sympathetic labor groups and officials, will hold a rally in New York City at noon tomorrow on the steps of City Hall to push for a Democratic majority in the state Senate.

A coalition of faith and labor groups kick off a statewide «Fair and Faithful Budget» tour that will stretch from Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch, LI to Back to Basics Ministries in Buffalo to rally for progressive, fair - share taxes in this year's state budget, due by April 1.

Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and thousands of workers across different fields rallied in Lower Manhattan's Foley Square ahead of a Supreme Court vote that could affect labor union funding.

The AFL - CIO has been pushing back hard in particular against the mayor's plan as well, while a rally of labor groups was held at the Capitol today to back the prevailing wage component.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Westchester County to appear at the Mario Cuomo Bridge and will later appear at a rally with labor leaders in Union Square.

At 4 p.m., Gov. Cuomo, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Gary LaBarbera, labor leaders and thousands of New Yorkers will rally in Union Square as part of #CountMeIn, Union Square, Manhattan.

After marching in Saturday's Labor Day Parade he attended a Flushing rally in support State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and yesterday he attended a Bronx rally in support of State Senator Jeff Klein.

Schumer also made a point of traveling to the Working Families Party rally in New York City, attended also by Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, as the labor - backed organization seeks to turn the state Senate to full Democratic control.

Just hours after CNN first reported that Romney would appear at a Tea Party Express rally on Monday Sept. 5 - Labor Day — in Manchester, New Hampshire, the campaign changed that decision.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

As Cuomo and Clinton arrived at a rally after the private bill signing, labor groups in the audience cheered: «Si se pudo» — yes we did.

«There is still a fair and there is still an unfair in society,» Mr. Cuomo said at the rally, at which he was joined by Thomas E. Perez, the United States secretary of labor.

The governor, appearing at a large, labor - fueled rally in Times Square today, seized on a remark from a Republican assemblyman to fire up voters a day before he faces re-election.

Bronx resident Jorel Ware, 35, a McDonald's employee, told the Observer after the rally that the labor secretary should be someone who wants to support the 64 million people that «don't make a living wage in this country.»

New York City fast food workers, union leaders and City Council members rallied in front of a federal Labor Department office this morning to demand President - elect Donald Trump drop his nominee to head the agency — minimum wage critic and Hardees / Carl's Jr. chain CEO Andrew Puzder.

He kicked off the day in Manhattan with a very large labor - driven rally at the edge of Times Square.

From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., NYC Central Labor Council President Vincent Alvarez and Teamsters Local 237 President Gregory Floyd, Community Service Society of New York President and CEO David R. Jones and Thompson participate in a rally to protest reductions in federal funding for NYCHA; City Hall Park, Manhattan.

On Tuesday, May 1, labor activists and immigrant support organizations staged rallies in New York City to commemorate May Day.

In June, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the wage board's chairman and a longtime Cuomo ally, said he and his fellow members clearly believed «a substantial» increase was needed to bring fast food workers up the economic ladder — despite persistent opposition from the business community, which often found itself drowned out at public hearings that served more or less as labor rallies.

To assist in that effort, he also announced at a labor union rally the launch of the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, named after his late father, who served as governor for three terms.

New York City fast food workers, union leaders and Council members rallied in front of a federal Labor Department office to demand that Trump drop his nominee to head the agency — minimum wage critic and Hardees / Carl's Jr. chain CEO Andrew Puzder.

Former President Bill Clinton is in NYC to headline three labor - related rallies to benefit his wife's campaign.

From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sen Jose Peralta, campaigning Queens BP; grocery meat department workers from nine Trade Fair Supermarkets in Queens and other union members participate in a rally to publicize a labor dispute with the supermarket chain; 89 - 02 37th Ave., Queens.

He'll be in NYC today for a major rally with labor unions to drum up support for his $ 15 statewide minimum wage proposal.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

The mayor held his rally in front of a crowd of organized labor representatives, but a prominent one was missing — The United Federation of Teachers.

Supporters cheer Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking during a Drive for $ 15 rally at the Albany Labor Temple Thursday Feb. 25, 2016 in Albany, NY.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushed Monday for paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour at a rally with labor leaders and elected Democrats in Hauppauge.

Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Drive for $ 15 rally at the Albany Labor Temple Thursday Feb. 25, 2016 in Albany, NY.

Governor Andrew Cuomo poses for a selfie with Tiffany Garriga of Hudson at the Albany Labor Temple during a Drive for $ 15 rally Thursday Feb. 25, 2016 in Albany, NY.

Public labor members rallied Monday in Albany as the Supreme Court heard the opening arguments of Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges automatic union dues paid by public - sector workers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday at a rally in the Bronx with the influential labor union 1199SEIU gave a staunch defense by Cuomo of the Affordable Care Act, the sweeping health care law that Republicans in Congress have vowed to repeal under President Donald Trump.

At noon, union officials and labor supporters rally in support of Honeywell Corp. workers who have been locked out due to a contract dispute and call on the U.S. Department of Defense to suspend its contract with the company, Leo O'Brien federal office building, Albany.

Also at 12:30 p.m., human rights advocates hold a rally to denounce what they call the Obama administration's «attempt to minimize ongoing, widespread human trafficking and forced labor conditions in Malaysia» to advance the TPP free trade agreement, outside Malaysia consulate general, 313 E. 43rd St., Manhattan.

After a GOTV rally at the Albany Labor Temple with Sen. Eric Schneiderman and Rep. Paul Tonko, the AG joked around with reporters, playfully grabbing the mic from CapTon's Kaitlyn Ross and sticking it in DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett's face.

At a rally of a politically key labor union, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a full - throated push on Tuesday for his plan to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 elsewhere.

Obama's visit came after Vice President Joseph R. Biden campaigned in Nevada with Cortez Masto to rally labor support.

Labor leaders from across the city rallied on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sept. 9 in support of Robert Jackson, a longtime education advocate and former City Council member running for the Democratic nomination to represent the 31st District in the state Senate.

ALBANY, NY (02/21/2014)(readMedia)-- NY Inequality, a coalition of labor, faith, education and community organizations, will rally Monday Feb. 24 at noon at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Downtown Albany to say «No!»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a labor rally, announcing a plan to get a wage hike to $ 15 an hour for fast - food workers, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in New York.