Sentences with phrase «most of the union members»

Individual members and registered supporters now vastly outnumbered affiliated members (that is, most of the union members eligible to vote).

Not exact matches

«It is incomprehensible that the union is calling for the biggest pay increase for the most well - paid group of staff,» Lufthansa board member Bettina Volkens said in a statement.

Despite trade unions» stated commitment to their members» work - life balance, it is workplaces covered by collective agreements that are typically the most rigid about the time and place of work.

Despite the West Coast clashes, most nationwide protests were peaceful as immigrants, union members and their allies staged a series of strikes, boycotts and marches to highlight the contributions of immigrants in the United States.

In California, the most populous state in the union, the average member of the top 1 percent makes 29 times more than the average member of the bottom 99 percent.

Southborough, MA — May 19th, 2017: RxAdvance today announced that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), one of North America's most dynamic and diverse unions with 216,000 members, has awarded its multi-year pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services contract to RxAdvance beginning on Jan. 1, 2018.

In European Union law, civil law of most member states and judge - made law in the United States, the right to marry has been «modernized» so as to include partnerships and same - sex unions.

Since UK voters decided that the UK should leave the European Union, the Scotch Whisky Association has been busy consulting members on what that means for one of the country's most significant industries and exporters.

«Because of the rather measured position that the hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) had to present on behalf of the official Labour party, it falls to me to be the first Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe... that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) had to present on behalf of the official Labour party, it falls to me to be the first Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe... that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe... that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European member of the European Union.

But the actual benefits of such fine - grained targeting seem to fall off pretty quickly — most electoral campaigns are happy enough with voter addresses and past political affiliation, with a bonus for lists of union members, past political donors, volunteers for past political campaigns, etc..

During an appearance on «Capital Tonight» last night, the Empire Center's EJ McMahon suggested there's a disconnect between the leaders of the state employee unions and their members and speculated that most of the rank and file would actually prefer a wage freeze over furloughs.

The reasoning is fairly simple: Democrats want the union in their corner next year, and many of the most liberal members of the chamber represent districts with a lot of 1199 members.

Coming two weeks after the European elections, this event will bring together an audience of politicians, policymakers, thinkers, media commentators and business stakeholders from across the political spectrum to discuss the most pressing challenges faced by the European Union and its member states.

Pictured, Venditto supporters — most of whom are construction union members — held signs, applauded and shouted insults at public speakers who questioned Venditto about the town's concessions deals with Singh at a town board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town Hall.

But I would be willing to bet that most of the Labour Party members and union members wish that they had more say in the choice not only of the leader, but of the cabinet as well.

In a package of moves hailed by Miliband's team as the most significant since John Smith's «one member one vote» shakeup in the early 1990s, the Labour party is set to introduce a code of conduct for prospective parliamentary candidates, strict spending limits and standard constituency agreements with trade unions.

Nearly 2,000 AFSCME members will be in town today to lobby state lawmakers in hopes of getting them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «dramatic» cuts to education and health care, which unions says will disproportionately hurt the state's most vulnerable residents, raise unemployment and undermine progress made in the recovery of New York's economy.

Most members of trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party would NOT vote Labour if a general election were held this week, according to... (Comments: 49)

Sheehan spent most of her State of the City address drowned out by chanting union members and Black Lives Matter protesters.

The personnel votes and union changes drew the most condemnation among the town board members and from the audience, some of whom carried signs that said, «Vote no to the patronage amendment.»

Sources in the coalition believe that a union of most of the 22 - members of the Progressive Caucus and Brooklyn's delegation will be enough to set the wheels in motion to elect Ms. Mark - Viverito speaker.

With more than 50,000 members — most in white - collar positions — PEF is one of New York's largest public sector unions.

(Although encryption can not, of course, prevent a good old - fashioned leak, as happened this week when Buzzfeed revealed that ERG member Nadine Dorries posted to the group showing she didn't understand one of the group's most basic demands: exit from the Customs Union).

Most notably, members of the coalition from Transportation Workers Union Local 100 are working tirelessly to get New York City's essential transportation lifeline back on track.

He said Lynch would do better to explain to local communities both what the union and its members do: «The PBA has a good story to tell: one of the most respected city services, available 24/7, the city is safe, deadly force is used almost always sparingly, the workforce is increasingly diverse.»

Members of the unions representing most Long Island Rail Road workers have overwhelmingly approved the four - year contract that was negotiated last month.

Some observers have speculated that Schneiderman's efforts to cast himself as the most liberal member of the five - Democrat AG field might well get him elected on Sept. 14 — particularly since he's back by unions with crack GOTV operations like 1199, HTC and 32BJ — but could hurt him against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in the general election.

However, union members are being dispatched to picket outside Verizon Wireless stores as a strategic move, as the division is the most profitable business unit of Verizon, explained Elaine Maddox, Chief Steward for the Communication Workers of America (CWA) union Local 1105.

Despite the steady increase in the number of female MPs across the committee system, the two most recently created select committees — the International Trade and Exiting the European Union committees — both have male chairs, and their members are predominantly male.

Throughout the state, union members spoke with their co-workers, knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors, and most of all made sure their voice was heard at the polls.

Most of the election results were announced after 10 pm on Sunday 25 May (Although Scotland didn't declare their results until the following day), after voting closed throughout the 28 member states of the European Union.

The party stated Sunday that its local members as well as a list of public - and private - sector unions, some of them among the most powerful special interests in Albany, unanimously support Cuomo's platform, which he calls the New New York Agenda.

That is why we are one of the most racially diverse countries in Europe, one of the most multicultural members of the European Union, and why — whether we are talking about India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, countries in Africa or those that are closer to home in Europe — so many of us have close friends and relatives from across the world.

Some believe the reason most polls find Cameron to be more capable of tough decisions than Ed Miliband is because the Labour leader avoids public rows with unions and his own members.

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're votingUnion, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're votingunion had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

For educators and teacher union members, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNOR»S RACE IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE.

To the union's most engaged and active members, those who had organized countless forums, town halls, pickets, and protests to save our schools, this was widely perceived as something of a kick in the teeth.

The Party is dependent on the donations of millions of union members; unions have representatives on the National Executive Committee and the National Policy Forum; they can send delegates to Constituency Labour Parties; they make up a third of the electoral college (thus preventing the most Blairite candidate for the Labour leadership from taking the crown); and they have a major role in selecting prospective Labour candidates.

Caught up in the lobby logjam recently were members of the state's most powerful public employees» and teachers» unions - there to «pick Silver's pockets,» as one lobbyist said to another.

Partly because most off - air reporters are relatively young and not members of a union, they create some cost savings for networks.

A member of the education select committee, as well as the GMB union, most of her working life has been in education.

Given the potentially economically catastrophic vote to leave the EU last Thursday, an outcome that most Labour Party members, and most Labour voters opposed; and which was opposed by the overwhelming majority of affiliated trade unions; then it is essential that the Labour Party quickly develops a policy of how to deal with the fall out.

Calling the Albany budget crisis and its threat to rob city schools of as much as $ 600 million in state aid «the most dangerous thing this union has faced in 30 years,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the April 21 Delegate Assembly that members had to redouble their efforts to get the message out to elected officials that «children can't be made to pay for the mistakes of Wall Street.»

Unite, with 2 million members, is the most powerful of the union section of Labour's electoral college.

«In the case of new members this will be in the form of a clear choice on the membership form... Different unions have different structures and they should have the freedom to adopt an arrangement most appropriate to their own system and culture.

Gay City News on the shutdown of Brian Ellner's appointment to the Empire State Pride Agenda: «Nearly everyone who spoke to Gay City News — both advocates and foes of Ellner — cited the adamant opposition to him from board member Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, one of the city's most progressive labor leaders and a tough critic of Bloomberg.

Cuomo has already secured endorsements from most of the state's major unions, including the powerful 360,000 - member healthcare workers» union 1199 SEIU.

A slew of council members who originally supported the bill backed by the unions and introduced by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley today changed their votes to back the mayor's plan — they said because of a change that will provide the most seriously wounded workers, who qualify for Social Security disability, with a pension equal to 75 percent of their salary.

While most members of the Labour movement will read anything in the Mail about unions with a level of scepticism, on this occasion the basic facts seem to be incontrovertible.

Many countries, including the United States and most members of the European Union, allow the procedure.