Sentences with phrase «more union support»

Deborah M. Lynch, the president of the American Federation of Teachers affiliate, said the union launched its security campaign after an annual canvas of CTU delegates last year indicated that teachers wanted more union support and advocacy on safety matters.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It started with Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March, and it has been followed by a cascading series of punches and counterpunches: U.S. sanctions on Kremlin officials, Putin's support for Ukraine separatists, more penalties against Russia, and then counter-sanctions as Russia banned the U.S., the European Union, Norway, Australia, and Canada from selling billions of dollars» worth of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meats to Russia.

on Monday announced she plans to boycott President TrumpDonald John TrumpPoll: Republican support for Kanye West grew after rapper expressed support for Trump Giuliani calls on Sessions and Rosenstein to shut down Mueller investigation Fox News» Ingraham calls out Giuliani for contradicting Trump on Stormy Daniels» payments: «That's a problem» MORE's State of the Union address to Congress at the end of the month, joining a handful of other Democratic lawmakers who are skipping the annual event.

Only emergency support from the ECB is keeping the banks afloat and saving Greece from a chaotic euro exit that would inflict more pain on its people and gravely damage the currency, the strongest symbol of the EU's drive for an «ever closer union» on a continent once ravaged by two world wars.

Union organizers say that one - third to one - half of them have more than one job — like Mr. Shoy, who is 58 and supports a wife and children.

But many American practices go against the grain of the more comfortable and communitarian cultural systems of their own societies - the Japanese with life - long employment for their workers, the Germans with their unions having a say in management under co-determination, and the French with their government supporting the right of unions to pressure business from retrenching, by requiring large compensation to be paid to laid - off workers.»

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.

But public safety officers» unions, which have members who are more likely to support Republicans and who also tend to have the highest salaries and benefits, are exempted from the new rules.

Well, actually Rev.... «We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, ESTABLISH JUSTICE,...» Yep, right there in the Preamble of the Const itution... something you religious folks only support when to your advantage.

More than a mere historian, Le Goff was a strongly pro-European public intellectual whose historiography helped support the formation of the European Union.

I supported my first husband for a while but when he got a union job, he made a lot more than I did.

In order to develop the support the Mothers» Union can offer to fathers, we would like to encourage more men to access the MU Parenting Programme training course for parenting group facilitators.

Improving relationships with the union representing food service workers and working with the union to offer useful training to food service personnel and support services (e.g., transportation and child care) to help make training more accessible and affordable.

In a Facebook post last year, Loeb said Stewart - Cousins has done «more damage to people of color than anyone who ever donned a hood» because of her support for public school teachers union.

This is more about the unions supporting Democrats regardless of their policy positions.

Under such conditions, and with such leadership capabilities, support for the union can be enforced through punishment, meaning leadership in the form of the supervising agent will play a more significant role in attaining cooperation.

During the Brexit referendum campaign, Jeremy Corbyn put his level of support for the European Union at no more than «seven to seven and a half out of 10».

The union, which represents more than 70,000 workers in New York, is endorsing Schneiderman at City Hall in Manhattan this morning and has pledged to do a voter outreach campaign — including mailings, door - to - door canvassing and member mobilization — in support of Schneiderman's election.

The more left wings unions supported Diane Abbott.

And it's not as if the union doesn't support Democrats more than Republicans overall: Since 2006, it's funneled at least $ 12.5 million to Democratic candidates and $ 1.8 million to Republicans, according to an analysis by Competitive Advantage Research.

The party was seemingly haemorrhaging support amongst unionist voters to a Conservative party that appeared more confident in its defence of the Union.

European Union (EU) enlargement has benefited the UK economy and politicians must make clear their support for allowing more countries to join, peers have argued.

He assured himself of President Bush's support by his commitment to united Germany remaining within NATO, remained conciliatory to Gorbachev and responded to his ever more urgent requests for credits, calmed Mitterrand's fears by remaining firm in his support for European integration including monetary union, stood up to Thatcher who was quickly isolated, and above all demonstrated that no - one had a viable alternative to unification.

Teamsters Local 237, a union that represents more than 30,000 government workers in the city and parts of Long Island, has thrown its support behind Heidi Harrison Chain, one of five Democratic candidates vying for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) Council seat.

And the 150 full - time representatives he identified are complemented by thousands more who spend varying degrees of the time that taxpayers are paying their salaries supporting the activities of their unions.

Union contracts, for example, could allow senior teachers, who typically are paid more, the ability to choose the school at which they teach, which could be seen as providing increased support for students in one building over others.

It was also suggested that perhaps the New York City - based unions could choose to redirect their support to the Central Labor Council, empowering it to become more of a political player, though it would not — as the WFP does (for the moment)-- have the benefit of a ballot line.

I was encouraged this week to hear the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reiterate his party's support for more trade union rights in this country.

The reform would force the party to be much more pro-active in seeking out the support of individual union members and could bring in thousands of new members.

ALBANY — Bronx senator Jeff Klein is rolling out the support of more labor unions, as the Working Families Party and its allies continue pressuring him to re-unite with mainstream Democrats.

While Zimpher praised the five - year plan as providing a predictable increase in funding, Frederick Kowal of United University Professions, the union that represents SUNY professors and other employees, said that state support has gone down over the long term, placing more of a burden on students and their families.

The head of the union representing rank - and - file officers, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch, reiterated his support for more vests and a consistent funding stream for them.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

Obama hints in his 2013 State of the Union address that he might approve the pipeline; Greens promote the «Green New Deal» and say environmental groups must stop allowing Dems to take support for granted; Obama's «executive action» to curb climate change won't work if he keeps promoting more oil and gas production

Despite all but a handful of MPs, the active support of the trade unions, the pleas of every former leader of the party and Alan Johnson's battlebus, more than a third of the party's electoral base jumped at the chance to quit the EU.

[172] Other unions have also faced calls from members to reduce financial support for the Party [173] and seek more effective political representation for their views on privatisation, public spending cuts and the anti-trade union laws.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

When New York State United Teachers president Karen Magee last month announced the union's support for the testing boycott, she said her intention was to undermine the state's teacher evaluation system, which Cuomo and lawmakers made more stringent in the recently approved state budget.

Malliotakis described herself as supported by police unions, but didn't offer any more direct criticism of Rendino's choice.

While NYSUT president Karen Magee has publicly doubted the union will support Cuomo, it is even more unlikely that the group will support Astorino.

More the harsh reality of a shadow Cabinet and PLP, and trades union movement, almost entirely for Remain — and a «Remain» which had as its background politics exactly the same neoliberalism supporting framework as the Tories.

We firmly support Labour's trade union link, and hope to see more unions affiliate in the future.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this morning he understood why protestors continue to demonstrate in Lower Manhattan, part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street presence that has been growing in strength and support thanks to more active involvement from unions and progressive groups.

Having built the first renewable energy power plant in Nigeria that combines more than one technology and operates both off - grid and on - grid, the German Agency for International Corporation, Abuja (GIZ), said it is implementing the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) on behalf of the European Union and the German Government with an overall budget of 24.5 million Euro.

Cuomo's office on Tuesday night announced more support for the campaign, called Enough Is Enough, with 30 groups ranging from survivors» organizations to labor unions backing the plan.

Teaching unions reacted angrily to his comments, however, saying they were not opposed to reform in itself, noting in particular their support for the education bill's proposals to give teachers more disciplinary powers.

Most of the union support came from NYC - based organizations, which are more or less seeing what they wanted — $ 15 an hour in the five boroughs by the end of 2018, except for businesses with less than 10 employees, who get an extra year to raise their pay.

In an effort to refute what they say is a false narrative that union voters are closely split between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, a group of more than 20 unions representing more than 10 million workers is releasing a statement today reaffirming support for the former secretary of state.

Former enterprise minister Iain Gray appeared the clear frontrunner to replace Wendy Alexander, having secured the support of more unions, elected members and constituency parties than his rivals.