Sentences with phrase «longtime labor ally»

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The governor got what he wanted out of the WFP in 2014, thanks to a significant lift by his frenemy, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, a longtime ally of the party and organized labor in general.

The labor - backed Working Families Party will endorse activist Pete Sikora to succeed retiring Assemblywoman Joan Millman — the second surprise spurning of Ms. Millman's longtime ally and heir apparent, Democratic district leader Jo Anne Simon.

In June, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the wage board's chairman and a longtime Cuomo ally, said he and his fellow members clearly believed «a substantial» increase was needed to bring fast food workers up the economic ladder — despite persistent opposition from the business community, which often found itself drowned out at public hearings that served more or less as labor rallies.

Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who was a longtime ally of former Speaker Sheldon Silver, is now facing a primary challenge from labor lawyer Arthur Schwartz.

Amid a round of meetings with business leaders, labor union representatives and members of Congress, the president signed a memorandum withdrawing America from the TPP, creating an American policy vacuum in a fast - growing region that includes China and longtime U.S. allies.

One longtime labor operative whose often been allied with Mr. Stringer called his position «a little baffling.»

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.