Sentences with phrase «members getting a vote»

Labour are also keen to stress that students and members of the armed forces get a reduced membership rate, so union members getting a vote for # 3 is not without precedent.

Not exact matches

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

Together, they form the 12 - member FOMC, though presidents of districts other than New York only get a rotating policy vote, and thus considerably less say over interest rate policy.

All 39 Christian members joined the two - thirds majority to vote to end a 160 - year practice instituted by the Ottomans requiring Christians to get permission from the country's leader before building churches.

I lived around mormons most of my life they are in it for them and who ever follows them and there teachings.they don't care unless u r mormon pay your 10 percent to them if u don't pay they well come and take it and they don't care if u r left out in the st.. As long as they get there money.If america votes this CULT member get in we well open the gates of hell r we prepared?

He may gain many other words, big important words, words that will get votes, win compliments, elicit applause, gain members, or sell real estate, but having lost his own word, he himself is lost.

They both belive when they die they well have, meet there 7 wives in heven u think that's not a cult?if america votes in a CULT member to run our country the gates of hell well open and we better be ready america.so america there is 2 of them I for one am not well to go back 150 yrs.6 on one off mentality.I grew up around those people and they r sick like the musliums they wear grab also but they hide there's under there clothes.what more r they hiding plenty.ask them how many times they r babtized not in there they take someone elses name everytime they get diped that is why there cult is so big ask one and they well lie or come up with even a bigger lie.they need to be fully investagated ppl.don't let the deep pockets and smile fool u.

They encourage their members to vote for republican's - ask them to get out and vote, etc..

They're getting help from pro-life organizations unhappy with these House members» votes for the health care legislation passed last spring.

We're nearing the end of election season, a time of year when we get to vote for president of the United States, members of Congress, governors, and, in some states, even dog catchers.

For the bid to only get one vote outside of our own confederation seems quite remarkable — especially if FIFA members went back on promises at the last minute, having been wined and dined for the last four years.

Associate members receive member privileges but do not get a vote.

«We need the parents of the people who are going to benefit most from this referendum — the kids — to get out and vote,» said board member Tom Reese.

No 85 — We want MEPs to vote for this amendment, (which allows Member States to ban the advertising of baby foods) if Amendment 86 does not get through.

The speaker has in the past deemed the so - called «veto - proof majority» (having enough members to guarantee overrides of a gubernatorial veto) a «fiction», noting it's not easy to get every single member of his conference to vote «yes» on controversial issues and see absolutely zero support from the Republicans.

That was a high hurdle for members to get over, but the votes provided regular ammunition for the press to talk about how chaotic and left - wing Labour was.

That's not the only way the BFAWU can help your finances either — membership will see an extensive range of financial services provided, as well as education to help increase your skills and improve your working life, with a friendly ear always on hand, be it the trained on - site rep that members voted for or the contact details that you get on your membership card.

This has now been changed to one - member - one - vote, although affiliated trade union members can sign up to become affiliated members and get a vote that way.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

Citizen Corbyn, elected with more votes than the Tories have members as he's fond of warning sceptics, will parade his grassroots legitimacy at Labour's conference in Brighton next week where he's guaranteed a hero's welcome from the army of activists who feel this time they've really got their party back.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

Another investment they make is that when a legislator is a «friend,» both in the general voting, but, especially, as a member of committees, they get rewarded afterwards with 7 - and 8 - figure «consulting» contracts after they leave office for jobs as lobbyists for companies they were supposed to oversee, lobbying their former colleagues.

After finally managing to get all 32 members into the chamber, the Senate Democrats just passed the bill that will re-open state parks without a single GOP vote.

He was also unlikely to have got much support from the union members, who will now vote individually under new rules introduced by Ed Miliband.

Cuomo — who has also vowed to work against the re-election of Faso and a half - dozen other Republican members of Congress who oppose gun control measures — said Faso's personal «no» vote on did not get him off the hook.

Bluntly, your hope is that an issue that matters to you and to many educated middle - class people (but not to most Labour voters, who may well regard the idea in the same way as many Conservatives, as a way to give unfair influence to Liberal Democrats), electoral reform, is important enough to form an electoral alliance over, despite the fact this would leave many party members unable to vote (and who would get to stand in say Durham or Redcar anyway?).

Labour MPs to get free vote on Syria strikes Labour members oppose Syria bombing by three - to - one Jeremy Corbyn warns Labour MPs over Syria

They run canvass operations, knocking on their members» doors to get them out to vote for their endorsed candidates.

A few of the fifteen Three Parks members who came to get out the vote for Eric Schneiderman.

Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency Nii Lante Vanderpuye says he will step aside for aspiring New Patriotic Party candidate Nii Lante Bannerman if the NPP aspirant is able to get over 35 % of votes during the 2016 elections.

As a rule, Assembly members are loathe to buck NYSUT, an organization with deep pockets and powerful get - out - the - vote capabilities.

He said that in future, all of Labour's members should get a vote in general secretary elections, rather than just those on the party's ruling national executive committee.

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

Mr. Cuomo's budget proposes forcing all projects receiving such funding to get the approval of the Public Authorities Control Board — the three voting members of which are himself, Mr. Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — before going forward.

Union members also get a vote but, on past experience, we can expect fewer than 100,000 and perhaps as few as 70,000 to vote.

«To create an overall plan that you're going to be able to get consensus on is not impossible, but it's a real slog and what I think is happening now with the Council is we are taking the temperature of members on the most important changes that need to happen to get broad support when this comes up for a vote.»

Individual members of parliament can push amendments and in some limited cases a small party (or a small group within one party) can threaten to vote against their block on an issue that's very important to them but there is none of the «getting the votes» one - by - one that seems to be going on in the US.

Schumer acknowledged that not all members of the Democratic caucus will support an assault weapons ban but maintained that «the vast majority will» — and anticipated it can be passed soon if President Donald Trump can get some Republicans to vote for it.

Both she and Cuomo received sufficient amounts of the weighted convention vote to get onto the ballot (more than 25 percent) if they were enrolled WFP members.

If a party is a party, then the idea is that the members act together in concerted efforts to promote the party - not get non-members to vote for whoever they want to stand for them.

In reality, Benn was desperately lucky to get as close as he did — and only did so because Labour's largest union, the TGWU, gave him their vote in the second ballot, against the wish of a clear majority of its members, who wanted Denis Healey.

If a non-member gets to vote in a primary what on earth is the point of being a member?

New Paltz has such GOOD people yet we're reduced to mean little 3rd graders every time we hear the word «vote» It amazes me that we go from having the BEST neighbors and community members until it's time to vote, I just don't get it

The statement said, «We want to inform Nigerians that this is an opportunity for those who are suffering and undergoing the suffocating hardship, poverty, hunger, comatose economy, insecurity, crass ineptitude, gagging of the press and opposition leaders and members, and more atrocities; to get registered in order to vote out this none performing APC - led Administration at all levels.

Twenty - two members of the Democratic minority in the 61 - member Senate signed a letter sent to Cuomo Wednesday, meaning the GOP majority in the chamber would not be able to get the two - thirds vote needed to overturn a gubernatorial veto.

He was coordinating phone canvassing as a tsunami crashed through Labour politics, with new members signing up in droves — for full membership, or as «registered supporters», who paid # 3 to get a leadership vote.

The New York City Council may not get an actual vote on the controversial Trans - Pacific Partnership — but today members and other activists rallied for the passage of a resolution urging Congress to shoot down what they deemed a job - killing deal that would wreck the environment.

She quickly recovered however, describing her vote as a response to combination of supporting the enhanced penalties included for killing a police officer and the quandary of the bill presenting an infrequent opportunity for a minority member to get any legislation passed.

The New York City Central Labor Council will be mobilizing our strong base of union members to out get - out - the - vote every day through Election Day in the Fifteenth Congressional District to send our friend Charlie Rangel back to Washington.

As such, the New York State AFL - CIO will coordinate a comprehensive Get - Out - The - Vote effort, including mailings to members, worksite flyers and phone bank operations.