Sentences with phrase «labor unions who»

His opponent, Assemblyman Don Wagner, R - Tustin, was financed by labor unions who perceived him to be more allegiant to the state's public sector unions.

If the California Board of Education does push for more so - called transparency, it will be interesting to see if the California legislature holds politically - connected labor unions who also organize under the radar to the same standards.

The WFP, and labor unions who did well in the budget deal thanks to Silver, are sure to have his back if anyone dares to challenge their champion in 2010.

While he admitted contributions from PACs, those funds come from groups like labor unions who are supportive of his candidacy, he said.

Cuomo has the advantages, however, of incumbency: A deep well of organized political support from organized labor unions who have backed his campaigns and issue advocacy in Albany.

Labor unions who back Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be key to his re-election to a third term this fall and on Thursday acted as surrogates, knocking Cynthia Nixon's comments made earlier this week over the cost of mass transit in New York City.

That didn't sit well with labor unions who have allied with Cuomo.

At the same time, according to Republican Senator Joe Griffo, there's some angst among G.O.P. members because of Klein's sudden abandonment this summer — under pressure from de Blasio and major labor unions who were threatening the I.D.C. with primary challenges — of the current coalition structure.

The IDC members have a message for Cuomo, de Blasio and labor unions who have threatened primaries unless they re-align with the chamber's mainline Democrats: «Bring it on.»

We had a great victory yesterday, and I am so grateful for my team, the many volunteers, and labor unions who helped get me to the finish line.

DiNapoli has his own traditional allies after running twice statewide and winning that include public - sector labor unions who have warred with Cuomo in the past, though those fights have largely subsided.

In our bizarre newspeak world, the leader of a labor union who tries to force kids to stay in their failing public schools gets a «human and civil rights» award and the Walton Foundation, which gives millions to help free those kids, is vilified.

Not exact matches

The decision was pushed by labor unions, who have been trying to stem decades - long membership erosion by targeting small businesses like fast - food restaurants.

In the emails, Clinton advisers discussed how to frame the candidate's «energy infrastructure» plan, which would call for replacing old pipelines, repairing rail tracks and improving the electric grid in a way that would appeal to labor unions, who had yet to endorse her at that stage.

«The NFLPA has been holding events around the league at small towns to talk to small business owners about the pending lockout,» says Liz Mullen, a reporter who covers agents, unions and labor for the Sports Business Journal.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

Last month, the union filed a complaint with a federal labor board on behalf of scores of workers who it says were laid off because they support the union.

«We can not sit on a council for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism,» said a joint statement from Richard Trumka, the labor union's president, and Thea Lee, its chief of staff.

Addressing a union audience gathered here for Labor Day, Mr. Obama said he was glad not to be on the ballot but then sounded like a candidate himself as he went after the Republicans who hope to succeed him in the White House.

Mr. Obama, who invited labor leaders to fly with him here on Air Force One, said the «constant war against unions» undermined regular workers.

Economists sometimes argue that when a society becomes sufficiently wealthy the benefits of increased wealth will trickle down to those who are now poor, but in the countries they cite as success stories, the improvement of the lot of the poor was greatly benefited by governmental action and labor unions, neither of which are viewed favorably from the point of view of the theory.

Elites with degrees from the Kennedy School of Government or Yale Law School and other institutions that produce the people who design and run government programs, nonprofits, and labor unions as well as corporations.

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.

Much more cautious than Marx were those socialists who argued that labor would have to organize politically into trade - unions.

Such congregations — perhaps because they are made up of a disproportionate number of parishioners who are in management — commonly think of labor unions as corrupt and grasping.

If Northwestern rejects the union, the local labor board will hold a hearing on the matter, listen to both sides and make a determination on who is correct.

That concern echoes the assessment of DiNapoli's New York City counterpart, Comptroller Scott Stringer, who recently called the contracts the «Achilles heel» of the de Blasio administration, and said budget chaos will ensue if the mayor doesn't reach agreements with the city's labor unions by the end of June.

According to Sen. Diane Savino, a former labor leader who was monitoring the AFSCME election at the union's convention in Boston via BlackBerry while the Senate was in the final throes of its last day in Albany (for now, at least), Donohue received 648 votes to Lee Saunders» 652.

Cahill garnered a little more than 41 percent of the vote, which many Republicans considered a success against the then - popular incumbent, who was a prodigious fundraiser and favorite among labor unions.

Flynn, a businessman from Hunter, is being backed by the Transport Workers Union, a national labor organization, whose international president, John Samuelsen, (also FORMER president of TWU Local 100 here in New York), said in a statement to be released by Flynn's campaign that the candidate is «a leader who understands that the economic security of families must be the highest priority of Congress, and that unions are a necessary partner in that mission.»

«It's clear that politically connected unions are trying desperately to prevent New Yorkers from even having this conversation — and it's equally clear that these same people are the only ones who benefit from the status quo on labor contracts at the MTA.

It was the first official breakfast of the 2018 Somos Annual Spring Conference in Albany on Sat., Mar. 10th and Crespo addressed union leaders and members who had gathered for the traditional New York City Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) morning repast.

A newly formed coalition includes drilling companies, labor unions including the Pipetrades Association, and some landowners who want to lease their property for drilling.

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

PPP also have the feature that the company does the building so that they can sometimes get around state / muni union labor rules which is good or bad depending on who you ask.

«As a reminder, 90 % of the union movement who started the Working Families Party left four years ago — the only thing that happened today is that the rest of labor followed,» Appelbaum said in a Friday statement.

As part of the agreement, labor unions have also said they would hire workers who take part in training programs sponsored by the JSCB.

He said the unions — who have been losing their grip on certain markets in the city to union labor — were at risk of being cut out of all 421a projects.

Ask a Democrat or Republican who's labored in Albany or City Hall and seen the titanic union up close, and they'll tell you that, for better or worse, it does right by its members and gets what it wants.

Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired under the mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

The labor organizations who banded together include: 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the New York State Nurses Association, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, District Council 37, and locals of the United Auto Workers and Communications Workers of America.

Also at 1 p.m., the New York Civil Liberties Union presents oral arguments in the Albany County Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of farmworkers from the state labor law that protects employees who organize, Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle St., Albany.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

While the unions endorsed Martins, who said he would prefer the tax hike, labor leaders say they are ready to work with Curran.

Gov. Cuomo, backed by labor leaders including UFT President Michael Mulgrew (center), signs legislation at UFT headquarters to reduce the number of services that New York's public sector unions are obligated to provide to workers who do not pay to support those services.

The order does not apply to Civil Service and law enforcement employees who belong to county labor unions.

For Democrats and labor unions, who are also being nationally outspent by GOP - friendly super PACs, this might be the most worrisome aspect of the bruising Wisconsin recall fight.

The workers, who have won the backing of the Trump administration, 20 states, and numerous labor watchdogs, argue that these payments are tantamount to forced political advocacy, since the government unions affect budgetary decisions and other matters of public policy.

As the youngest of six children, his father Jack, a blue - collar, Navy vet of the Korean War, union man and labor advocate who worked for Con Edison for over fifty years, taught him the importance of hard work, dedication, and commitment to community.