Sentences with phrase «larger labor movement»

Gary LaBarbera, head of the Building Trades Council and an early Cuomo endorser, is the only labor leader involved, fueling talk of efforts to split the larger labor movement.

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Some of the businesses that have put large sums into the campaigns of congressmen and presidents, as well as labor generally, have suffered from the movement toward free trade that is supported by economic ideology.

Next to temperance, the labor movement garnered the largest volume of space.

Wage and Standard of Living Differences: Large wage or standard of living differences may be associated with less support for free movement of labor.

Therefore, there was no need for a new labor party (because the Democrats had already picked up that program) and because there was no meaningful way for such a movement to grow (because the U.S. electoral system only supports two large parties).

He has done this despite the default of the labor movement of which he is an active part as a Teamster; New York unions by and large have have rejected political independence and have chosen the path of least resistance, endorsing «winners» like Andrew Cuomo for governor, in the hopes of picking up a few fallen crumbs off the bargaining table.

The president of the New York State United Teachers federation, Karen Magee, spoke to a large crowd about the accomplishments of the labor movement including better safety conditions, weekends and the 40 - hour work week.

September 29, 2012 • Catholics used to reliably side with Democrats, in large part because of the labor union movement.

It is no accident that the American labor movement has been kept afloat by the success of public - sector unions - and that the largest, most powerful union in the country is not the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers, but the National Education Association.

A scholarship tax credit appeals to a diverse coalition of supporters: economically disadvantaged, working - class, and middle - class voters; African American and Hispanic clergy and parents; urban Catholics, Orthodox Jews, and evangelical voters; and a large swath of the labor - union movement (a scholarship tax credit proposal in New York is supported by 30 labor unions).

A longtime ally of the labor movement, Sanders is backing the two candidates who are supported by the local teachers union in a race that could shift control of the nation's second largest school district.

While labor activists like to think of the strikes as a sign of a resurgent labor movement, a recent article by Jason Walta, senior counsel for the National Education Association, the largest teachers» union in the country, strongly indicates otherwise.

The labor movement is a critical part of our radical heritage and an important place where working people have collective power and voice in large number.

Celant's use of militant language — his evocation of artists taking to the «battlefield» and of «revolutionary existence» — is no surprise, since his essay appeared in print during the contemporaneous student and labor movements» largest demonstrations in Turin and Milan.

Kevin Rudd's announced changes to the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has again split the climate movement, and this time it's very serious, with three large, rusted - onto - Labor groups providing cover for an appalling policy that won't guarantee a reduction in Australia's emissions for decades.