Sentences with phrase «labor union»

The meeting with Holder, however, had drawn scrutiny from HTC, a politically key labor union that has supported efforts to curb Airbnb's expansion in New York.

New York City Councilman Bill Perkins on Wednesday was endorsed by the key labor union 1199SEIU in his bid for a full term.

The labor union that represents CUNY faculty and staff, the Profession Staff Congress, has threatened to strike at the start of the next academic year if they do not receive a new contract.

With widespread support from a broad and diverse coalition of progressive New Yorkers, the New York Times, the state's largest labor union, 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare East and the largest private - sector union, 32BJ and Citizen Action, momentum is growing for Schneiderman's campaign to be the state's next Attorney General.

David Zouh, an assistant United States attorney, told jurors in his summation, for instance, that a single phone call between Percoco and a state official in 2014 constituted a crime when he sought to get help on a labor union matter for Cor Development.

Henry, who leads the fastest - growing labor union, endorsed the order in an interview with the Washington Blade in June at Netroots Nation.

Not long after, a host of labor union leaders ripped Nixon for comments she made Wednesday about how labor deals have been driving up the cost of needed subway improvements.

The labor union 32BJ announced a slate of early endorsements for New York City candidates, including backing the bids of citywide candidates for re-election.

Democratic congressional candidate Gareth Rhodes today will announce a key labor union endorsement, picking up the backing of the Communication Workers of America Local 1120.

The labor union 32BJ on Monday endorsed Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda for the open state Senate vacated by Ruben Diaz at the start of the year.

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.

Also today, UFCW Local 1500 continued its early endorsement streak by becoming the first labor union to endorse in the 31st SD race, throwing its weight behind District Leader Mark Levine.

Still, Republicans have questioned the motivations behind closing the loophole — the result of a decades - old Board of Elections decision — as a way of aiding labor union giving.

The bill is aimed at simplifying the process for when a person joins a public - sector labor union and is aimed at combating so - called «right - to - work» requirements that weaken or strip collective bargaining powers.

Rep. Keith Ellison picked up the backing of the politically active labor union 32BJ SEIU on Wednesday, which endorsed his bid for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.

HTC, a small but influential labor union that has played pivotal rolls at the Capitol in recent years on issues like the legalization of casino gaming, worked with the Real Estate Board of New York to counter a well - funded campaign backed by Airbnb.

The powerful labor union 1199 SEIU endorsed Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath on Friday in the crucial special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in Nassau County.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul's re-election bid on Thursday was endorsed by 32BJ SEIU, a prominent and politically active labor union.

Assemblyman Francisco Moya on Monday was endorsed in his bid for New York City Council by 1199SEIU, a politically key labor union.

The race for the Manhattan seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman will vacate to pursue his quest for statewide office (attorney general) is heating up, with the senator himself and the first labor union choosing up sides.

Democratic Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky is being endorsed on Wednesday by 32BJ SEIU, a politically key labor union that was part of the successful drive to increase the state's minimum wage.

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

Oh, and for the record: 1199 has endorsed Manhattan BP Scott Stringer for comptroller — along with pretty much every other major NYC labor union.

A key labor union for the New York Police Department on Wednesday threw its support to Republican state Senate hopeful Chris McGrath in the race to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The labor union 1199 SEIU on Thursday announced a print and radio ad campaign meant to highlight the votes cast by Reps. Claudia Tenney, Elise Stefanik and John Faso that made key changes to the Affordable Care Act.

While at odds with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, he is counting on labor union support in part to boost his re-election bid this fall.

This attitude was even more prevalent in the 1890 - 1950 era than it is today, having been somewhat eroded by various socialist & labor union activities.

Democratic state Senate candidate Brian Benjamin was endorsed on Monday by 1199 SEIU, the influential labor union.

Cuomo and the WFP's major labor union partners all signed on to that effort, though exactly what Cuomo will be doing to achieve that goal has yet to be worked out.

The labor union itself has already backed Schneiderman.

She was an active member of her local labor union, DC 37, and eventually became its the vice president for political action and legislative affairs.

A lawsuit filed by a labor union for the NYPD that seeks to block the release of footage from officers» body - worn cameras without a court order may have far - reaching implications for public access to videos of police incidents, including fatal shootings.

Cuomo's base has been a mix of suburban voters and labor union households — traditionally Democratic voters in New York.

As the Chicago case shows, the obstacles to putting healthy foods in school cafeterias are many: the high cost of organic meals, long - standing contracts for frozen and pre-packaged food and labor union issues.

Itis a Labor Union party.

«None of these things would be legal if there were no labor union.»

The rest of the year she swims and runs on a labor union track team.

«The NFL Players Association is a labor Union that protects the rights of all of its members and pursues any violations of those rights by any means necessary,» a statement read.

In 1918 the first labor union was formed.

Today's Inside Higher Ed brings word of yet another NLRB decision requiring a Catholic University to permit a labor union to attempt to organize its adjunct faculty.

In many cases a labor union, the local Chamber of Commerce, a realty board, a mayor's commission, the P.T.A., or some community organization may be the key to the solution of some local problem, or the means by which «the secular relevance of the gospel» can be made manifest.

Thus, many people have been able to assume that our leaders were justified in lying about the Cambodian bombings, that a labor union can pursue a policy which its members would deem immoral on the level of individual behavior, that a committee to re-elect a president is perhaps justified in engaging in acts not acceptable in private behavior.

When, on the wall of a labor union headquarters, we read, «Love thy neighbor, but organize him,» we see the necessity; yet we instinctively sense the threat that every organization, labor unions no more than any other, makes to the free personal relationship.

Yet, like the state, the school, the business and the labor union, the institutional church has its own distinctive sphere and task — not to save us from the state, once again, but to mediate God's saving grace, to nurture its members in the faith and to support them in living the life of obedience before God in Christ.

It's a «generation that knows not FDR or JFK; it is three generations removed from the ferment of the Jewish labor union movement.

It was at this time that the labor union movement started.

Their plight is so desperate and so little noticed outside of Colombia — that the labor union leaders in Bogotá who met with our delegation welcomed us with the words, «We have been waiting for you for 50 years.

For instance, when a labor union organizer is introduced as the head of a corporation's labor relations department, he has switched sides.

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.

Previously, employers were forced to follow strict labor union agreements.