Sentences with phrase «largest public labor union»

Officials with Local 371 and the Public Employees Federation, the state's second - largest public labor union, said they are forming a coalition to convince state leaders to review the Justice Center's effects on the workers who are investigated.

The probe by Bharara's office comes as first - term PEF President Susan Kent, who faced criticism for her handling of Lee's case, is running for re-election to the top post in the state's second - largest public labor union.

An ethics panel for the state's second - largest public labor union ruled over the weekend that a downstate council leader's misuse of union funds at grocery stores, restaurants and home - improvement outlets «did not meet the legal definition of misappropriation of funds.»

Not exact matches

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is touting his endorsement today by DC37, NYC's largest municipal public employee union and one of the few labor organizations with a sizable, well - organized field operation.

Midway through his second term, Cuomo has not engaged in a rough - and - tumble negotiation with the two largest public - sector labor unions, CSEA and PEF.

Republican Sen. Bill Larkin on Friday announced he had received the backing of five labor organizations in the state, including the two largest public workers employee unions.

The union represents about 50,000 workers and is the second largest public - workers labor group in the state.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions after the weakened labor groups decided Thursday against seeking recertification votes in the state that was the forefront in this year's fight over union rights.

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.

As NEA president, he leads the nation's largest labor union and advocate for quality public schools.

Seventeen years and a host of education reforms separate public declarations by its highest - ranking officials that the nation's largest labor union should become a leader of education reform.

National Education Association: The NEA is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the US, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staff and colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers.