Sentences with phrase «major policy battles»

Rather than just look at the percentage of teachers who belong to a union — the proxy most analysts have used for union strength for pretty much forever — we also examined measures like the dollars spent on campaign advertising, the degree to which unions have won major policy battles in recent years, and the lock the unions have on a given state capital.

Not exact matches

The battle over Margaret Thatcher's legacy continued today as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson put pen to paper to insist that the Iron Lady would have agreed with all their major policy positions.

Moreover, none of the steps of the next phase will be possible without fighting and winning some major battles at the attitudinal, ideological, political, legislative, and policy levels, and without breaking down some long standing barriers of distrust among education stakeholders.

James Montgomery, «Wind Energy 2014 Outlook: Major Markets Recover, Battling Policy and Grid Concerns,» Renewable Energy World Magazine (January / February 2014).

Another progressive policy holder backed into my truck causing major damage to bedside panel and progressive assumed liability, that's great, however I have been battling them for a month now on fixing my vehicle.