Sentences with phrase «national labor federation»

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Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Conversely, the National Farmers Federation has argued that Labor's proposal should complement - not replace - the proposed effects test: Anna Vidot, «Labor proposal should complement effects test, not replace it: NFF CEO» (ABC Rural, 16 March 2016).

The culinary techniques outlined in this book have been validated by the culinary industry and sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Labor and the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation (ACFEF) National Apprenticeship Committee.

API New York BlueRock Energy Buffalo Niagara Partnership Capital Region Chamber of Commerce Central Hudson Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce Chemung County Chamber of Commerce Constitution Pipeline Cortland County Chamber of Commerce D.A. Collins Delaware Engineering Dominion Energy Eastern NY District Council of Laborers Energy Coalition New York Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance EnergyMark, LLC Engineers Labor - Employer Cooperative (ELEC 825) General Contractors Association of NY Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council Independent Oil & Gas Association of NY (IOGA - NY) Independent Power Producers of NY (IPPNY) International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 (IOUE 825) Iroquois IUOE Local 825 Joint Landowners Coalition Laborers District Council of Eastern NY Laborers Local 17 LECET Fund Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier Millennium Pipeline National Fuel Gas Company National Federation of Independent Business North Country Chamber of Commerce NYS Building & Construction Trades Council NYS Conference of the International Union of Operating Engineers NYS Economic Development Council NYS LECET Fund (Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust) Orange County Partnership Otsego County IDA Penn - York Land Services Corp..

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The National Federation of Independent Business» Mike Elmendorf today released a letter to the Working Families Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot line.

Gottfried and Perkins were joined at the Albany press conference today by Laurie Wen, Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program — NY Metro; Dr. Paul Sorum, former Chair of the Capital District chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program; Vito Grasso, Executive Vice President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians; Lisa Blodgett, New York State Nurses Association; Doug Bullock, First Vice President of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor; Rev. Frances Rosenau, Associate Minister at the Westminster Presbyterian Church; and Mark Dunlea, co-founder of Single Payer New York and Executive Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State.

Sponsors include 32BJ SEIU, ALIGN New York, Black Lives Matter Greater New York, Center for Popular Democracy, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Labor for Palestine, Make the Road New York, Muslim Democratic Club, National Lawyers Guild Labor and Employment Law Committee, New York Communities for Change, New York Immigration Fund, New York Immigration Coalition, New York Progressive Action Committee, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, New York Worker Center Federation, New York Working Families Party and Strong Economy for All.

Mike Durant, New York State director of the National Federation of Independent Business, a group that lobbied against the minimum wage hike said he found it quite challenging to go up against the combination of Cuomo and well - funded labor groups.

Reardon served as the national president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and as a member of the New York City Labor Council.

Chants of «Local 3» and «Spectrum unfair labor practices» were by far the loudest in the room, as the rest of the assembled union members stood largely in silence through speeches by Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul, National Organization for Women NYC President Sonia Ossorio, American Federation of Teachers head Randi Weingarten and actors John Leguizamo and Steve Buscemi.

WASHINGTON — The National Education Association has made another step toward allying itself more closely with its chief rival, the American Federation of Teachers, as well as with other education associations and the labor movement as a whole.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

As the recent contract dispute at the American Federation of Teachers made clear, the A.F.T. and the National Education Association are not just labor unions: They are employers faced with many of the same issues as the school districts with which their members negotiate.

CEC and the California Labor Management Initiative are among several organizations encouraging school districts to participate in the research study, including the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

Its parent group, the National Education Association, has put in $ 500,000, and labor interests, including the American Federation of Teachers and local in - state teachers» groups, have accounted for most of the $ 1.3 million on the «no» side.

You see, EPI is nothing more than a union front group whose board includes a rogue's gallery of Big Labor honchos: AFL - CIO's Richard Trumka, SEIU's Mary Kay Henry, American Federation of Teachers» Randi Weingarten, National Education Association's Lily Eskelsen - García, et al..

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, who headed New York City's teachers» union before taking the national post, wouldn't take sides when confronted by reporters at a labor rally in Albany Wednesday.

In 1906 they formed the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education (NSPIE) to lobby on behalf of vocational education and to coordinate the efforts of supporting groups, including the American Federation of Labor, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Education Association, and social welfare reformers.

Jerome Ringo (The Apollo Alliance & NWF)- Jerome Ringo is chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation, the first African American in such a leadership position at a major national environmental group and was recently named president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of organized labor, environmental, business and civil rights leaders determined to free the United States of dependence on foreNational Wildlife Federation, the first African American in such a leadership position at a major national environmental group and was recently named president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of organized labor, environmental, business and civil rights leaders determined to free the United States of dependence on forenational environmental group and was recently named president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of organized labor, environmental, business and civil rights leaders determined to free the United States of dependence on foreign oil.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

ZERO TO THREE Alliance for Strong Families and Communities American Academy of Pediatrics American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Child Care Aware of America Children's Defense Fund Children's Dental Health Project Children's Leadership Council Easter Seals Every Child Matters Family Spirit Family Values @ Work First Focus Campaign for Children Labor Project for Working Families Make it Work Mom - mentum MomsRising National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund National WIC Association Nurse - Family Partnership Parents as Teachers Partnership for America's Children Prevent Child Abuse America / Healthy Families America Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Service Employees International Union (SEIU) UltraViolet Education Fund USAction 9to5, National Association of Working Women