Sentences with phrase «new lobbying job»
And Keith Wright will be sent a letter regarding his new lobbying job.
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Yet that is exactly what has taken place in the B.C. Interior this decade, driven by Chief Louie, the vanguard of a new generation of aboriginal leaders far more interested in creating jobs for their members than in endless litigation or lobbying.
Times political reporter Nicholas Confessore does an excellent job of exploring the factors leading to this stunning reversal, which include a recent change in SNA's leadership, its choice of a new lobbying firm and its decision to use more aggressive legislative tactics to advance its agenda on Capitol Hill.
Like every new president, he's expected to take some time in picking the nation's U.S. attorneys, but here in Buffalo, candidates are already jockeying and lobbying for the top federal law enforcement job in the region.
In his new job, Milne has little direct contact with lobby journalists; except on big issues, they are briefed by Kevin Slocombe, a former trade union head of communications.
The company does work with the New York government, but Bruno doesn't see that as a problem, as all of their contracts are achieved through public bidding and state legislators are legally barred only from lobbying after retirement from office, not from taking other types of jobs.
«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.
«It's our job to lobby other elected officials for the benefit of New Yorkers,» City Hall spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein said.
Krebs said the other elements of the job as described to him by JCOPE officials included educating state officials on ethics and eliminating «duplicate filings» with the legislature's ethics board and the New York City lobbying commission.
On Monday night, spokesmen for the union representing the majority of workers at the Remington Arms plant in Ilion went to Albany to lobby legislators over the potential impact on jobs before the legislation was passed by the New York state Assembly on Tuesday.
Michael Wilton, executive director of the New York Gaming Association, an Albany - based lobbying group representing the state's nine VLT parlors, said putting slots at Belmont «will just cannibalize gambling dollars and threaten existing jobs.»
Former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D) had an extramarital affair with one woman who lobbied him about state business and another whom he recommended for a job, then tried to hide the relationships while giving his mistresses preferential access and treatment, prosecutors alleged in court documents unsealed Friday.
Biben told the newspaper she would explore job opportunities after she leaves, but she will remain in the position for four weeks as JCOPE deals with some of New York's biggest law firms, companies and lobbying firms.
Canadian law enforcement officials want to make their jobs easier, lobbying for a new law that would force people to give up their computer passwords upon request.