Sentences with phrase «leaders of union locals»

The agenda is constructed around the needs of staff, members and leaders of union locals, community based organizations, advocacy nonprofits and individual activists.

Not exact matches

The area's local Labour MP and deputy leader of the Labour party Harriet Harman will join the union's national president Janice Godrich on the platform.

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.»

A coalition of business leaders, labor unions, and local elected officials are holding press conferences across the state.

Curran's team to recommend candidates for top county posts consists of 35 people, including Republican and Democratic elected officials, developers, philanthropists, union presidents, and leaders of local universities, hospitals, religious institutions and nonprofits.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A new generation of City Council leaders is gaining steam with organized labor as Diana Ayala and Carlina Rivera, staffers to influential women city legislators, both earn the endorsement this week of the influential union SEIU Local 32BJ.

Low information voters largely just trust «leaders» in the correct community (local Democrats, union reps, and so forth), but of the people who aren't surprised by federal elections every two years who like Obama, they just don't care.

It's because the old educational establishment — the left - wing local authorities, the leaders of the teachers unions, the Labour party theorists — stood in the way.

Similarly membership of an affiliated trade union grants the right to vote for the leader and deputy leader, but not for local candidate selection.

Squadron, who represents, the Lower East Side, and Wright were joined by members of the tenant association, community leaders, representatives of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 1 and other labor groups.

We also interviewed Rodney Carroll, a union organizer; Yasmin Cornelius, the young and dynamic district manager of the local community board; Cynthia Doty, an intelligent district leader and former legislative aide, is the only non African - American candidate in this predominantly Central Harlem District, and Woody Henderson, a cable TV host and associate of Al Sharpton, who focuses on education and housing issues;

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

Labor Notes is also a network of rank - and - file members, local union leaders, and labor activists who know the labor movement is worth fighting for.

Leaders of local construction and building worker unions have panned the city's selection of developers to overhaul nine parcels that make up the the...

Ms. Throne - Holst, 56, of Sag Harbor walked out of the back room at the IBEW Local 25 Union Hall in Hauppauge where she and other Democratic leaders were watching the election results about an hour after polls closed and was immediately hugged by allies who praised the race she ran.

The leader of the local teachers union is speaking out on recently released teacher evaluation ratings.

Machinists International President Tom Buffenbarger, who forced the issue to a vote over the objections of local union leaders, said in a statement that «the impact of this agreement extends far beyond IAM members who voted today.

The witness list included both opponents and advocates of a wage hike, including George Gresham and Hector Figueroa, leaders of the 1199 and 32BJ locals of the Service Employees International Union.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

Richard Thomas was endorsed by the Mt. Vernon Police Benevolent Association, Mt. Vernon Firefighters Local 107, Yonkers Firefighters Local 628, New York City Uniform Firefighters Association, Utility Workers Union of America Local 1 - 2, and dozens of business leaders and organizations throughout Mt. Vernon and the greater region.

Among the labor leaders in attendance were leaders or representatives from Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; Communications Workers of America District 1; and the United Federation of Teachers, which collectively provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to the community groups.

«There's no impending strike at the moment,» Michael Cordiello, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, told reporters at a press conference at City Hall, where he and other union leaders slammed the Bloomberg administration for creating «unnecessary fear» among parents by warning of the stUnion Local 1181, told reporters at a press conference at City Hall, where he and other union leaders slammed the Bloomberg administration for creating «unnecessary fear» among parents by warning of the stunion leaders slammed the Bloomberg administration for creating «unnecessary fear» among parents by warning of the strike.

According to the union leaders, the decision to call of the strike was reached after a meeting with the interim chairmen and education secretaries of the 23 local government areas of the state.

They will be releasing a statement in which they are joined by labor union leaders including Robert Schwartz of American Federation of Government Employees - Local 1151; Julie Kushner, Director, United Auto Workers Region 9A; Stuart Appelbaum, President of Retail, Wholesale, Department Store United.

After studying government at Colby College in Maine, she became a labor organizer herself, working alongside the Teamsters union and local political groups and eventually serving as a Democratic district leader until she was hired by the de Blasio administration in February of 2014.

The 10 - term senator from Syracuse kept the piles of accusations and actuarial estimates as proof of how ludicrous he thought it was for so many state leaders, union officials and local news outlets to take Destiny USA developer Robert Congel's word that Carousel Center mall would become a vacation destination with a hotel tower, an indoor Erie Canal and a renewable energy research park.

He embarked on a series of meetings with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, MSPs, trade unions, council leaders and local activists.

Leaders of labour unions in the State including Nigeria Labour Congress, Nigeria Union of Teachers, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, and Trade Union Congress were also present at the meeting.

Basically transportation groups, unions and a variety of state and local leaders are trying to make the case that people want a constitutional amendment protecting transportation money.

The outsiders jumping in to sway the outcome of the race represent an influential group of political leaders, including Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, State Sen. Marc C. Panepinto, D - Buffalo, and the local affiliate of the AFL - CIO, which represents all of the region's labor unions.

The leader of Southampton City Council, Richard Williams, said he will form a taskforce with trade unions, Jobcentre Plus and local MPs to «help find new employment for the affected staff».

Hamilton, who served as the district leader in the nearby 43rd Assembly District for nearly a decade, picked up support from the service employees union Local 32BJ and Adams himself, who left the Senate seat at the beginning of the year.

Liu has also, so far, managed to hang onto the support of key union leaders, including members of the teachers» union, DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samueunion leaders, including members of the teachers» union, DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samueunion, DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John SamueUnion, and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John SamueUnion Local 100 President John Samuelsen.

Also attending the opening was Cuomo's mother and former New York First Lady, Matilda Cuomo, two of the governor's three daughters, Cara and Michaela, and a variety of federal, state and local elected officials, union leaders, and other dignitaries.

Asked about the prospects of union members dominating local Labour parties, she said: «I think it is being slightly phobic about trade unions - why shouldn't a care worker or somebody who works in a warehouse have a say about the leader of the party they support and the party they are paying towards.»

This gives union general secretaries the power to write large cheques and defend having significant representation on the party's governing National Executive Committee, the votes at party conference, the choice of party leader as well as local selections.

But in 2014, the mayor was able to outmaneuver the leaders to put in Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito as speaker with the help of the powerful health workers» union, Local 1199.

The institute is an offshoot of the 13 - year - old Teachers Union Reform Network of NEA and AFT Locals, or TURN, which brings together like - minded union leaders to exchange ideas on improving schUnion Reform Network of NEA and AFT Locals, or TURN, which brings together like - minded union leaders to exchange ideas on improving schunion leaders to exchange ideas on improving schools.

But the Tom Mooney Institute for Teacher & Union Leadership thinks they should be, and is trying to get a new generation of local union leaders ready for such rUnion Leadership thinks they should be, and is trying to get a new generation of local union leaders ready for such runion leaders ready for such roles.

Political leaders had seen no upside to taking on a school system that employs thousands of African Americans in a city where African Americans account for a majority of the population, the voter rolls, the city council, local - government posts, and union leadership.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

But a new report based largely on interviews with 30 local union presidents who each have spent less than eight years in office paints an evolved picture of leaders who are often involved in collaborative relationships with their school superintendents; who have to work constantly to balance the needs of a new generation of teachers with the needs of older members; and who see the importance...

The main activities were implemented by Sudanese Women General Union, SWGU, included seminars and workshops targeting the local leaders, women and creation of awareness on the need for dialogue, workshops, workshops on gender issues with establishment of a theatre and drama groups to strengthen delivery of information.

Reckhow thinks donors should court unions, community activists, and local leaders, but she fails to consider building the base of support for reform at the even more fundamental level of parents.

I want every child to have quality school choices, I want stronger (and broader) external standards, I want more open paths to becoming an educator, I want empowered school leaders (really empowered, in ways that would also break the union stranglehold) who are compensated like CEOs, I want super pay for great instructors and no pay for incompetents, and I want a complete makeover of «local control.»

Ousted leaders had floated the possibility of forming an independent union, or joining with another AFL - CIO nurse union, as an AFT local outside of Kansas City did in June.

Everyone — policymakers, unions, state leaders, local administrators, teachers, parents, you name it — seems to agree that the amount of testing and its role in America's schools and classrooms merit reconsideration.