Sentences with phrase «labor umbrella group»
Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli was endorsed on Monday by the New York State AFL - CIO, an influential labor umbrella group.
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NYSUT chose not to endorse the Governor during last year's election, though they didn't block the endorsement by the AFL - CIO, their umbrella labor group, which they likely could have.
Since many unions represent workers in variegated industries and there are several umbrella labor groups, it is difficult to place all of their money into tidy categories, but a breakdown of donations from specific locals shows that the tendency to favor Democrats in 2014 was widespread.
The umbrella labor group also gave its nod to former city Comptroller John Liu, who is running a primary challenge against Queens Sen. Tony Avella, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference.
The Democratic - led Assembly previously approved the measure favored by the Fair Elections umbrella group, a coalition of labor - backed organizations and other liberal - leaning advocacy groups.
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.»
In a fight that is fracturing labor groups, the umbrella New York City Central Labor Council has decided to team up with one member union against another in an effort to stymie Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the operation of pedicabs in Central labor groups, the umbrella New York City Central Labor Council has decided to team up with one member union against another in an effort to stymie Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the operation of pedicabs in Central Labor Council has decided to team up with one member union against another in an effort to stymie Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the operation of pedicabs in Central Park.
The umbrella labor group endorsed Senate Democrats running in key swing districts, including former Sen. Terry Gipson, who is seeking to reclaim the district in the Hudson Valley he lost to Republican Sue Serino in 2014.
The Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of New York City unions, voted in support of a proposal championed by de Blasio that the mayor says will generate $ 3.4 billion in health - care savings.
The group, an umbrella organization that represents over 100,000 construction workers, said it supports the project in part because of the developer's past commitment to using unionized labor, Crain's reported.
The Municipal Labor Committee is an umbrella group representing 99 unions covering more than 300,000 New York City employees.
At separate news conferences last week, both the Committee for Education Funding, an umbrella group in the field, and Representative Augustus F. Hawkins, the California Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, unveiled proposals that would double the department's budget in fiscal 1991.