Sentences with phrase «now waging a campaign»

She's now waging a campaign to have other lactivists, breastfeeding moms, and people who have common sense to join in and send letters to your affiliates.

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Now union activists across the country are pressing companies for more in a campaign known as the «Fight for $ 15,» which has successfully spurred cities and private companies to establish higher wage floors.

Now, as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional intelligence committees continue to investigate Russia's election interference, evidence is emerging that the hacking and disinformation campaign waged at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin took at least four separate but related paths.

Progressives once hailed natural gas as a «transition fuel» to renewables like solar and wind, but now they are waging a campaign to «keep it in the ground.»

In fact he so strongly feels the need to press his point that he has crossed over into the field of New Testament studies to wage his campaign there as well.1 And indeed Childs has performed a valuable and needed service in reminding us that what we have now is not just individual passages, nor is it just the «books» which as larger units give the individual pieces a place in the larger narrative.

The issue is now whether extending UK bombing from Iraq to Syria is likely to reduce, or increase, that threat in Britain - and whether it will counter, or spread, the terror campaign Isil is waging across the Middle East.

Whether it's a higher minimum wage, worker safety or public campaign financing, Sen. Avella has been there and so we are now proud to support Sen. Tony Avella for reelection to the 11th State Senate District,» stated Stuart Appelbaum, President of RWDSU.

DeFrancisco is now being called the «Six Million Dollar Man» in a digital campaign that pastes his face and estimated worth in banner ads across Facebook and other websites, and claims that a vote to raise the minimum wage would help nearly 100,000 central New Yorkers.

The wage campaign, which was named last year in honor of his late father, is now taking the form of a very Cuomo - like RV tour that will tout the proposal around the state.

«Whether it's a higher minimum wage, worker safety or public campaign financing, Sen. Avella has been there and so we are now proud to support Sen. Tony Avella for reelection to the 11th State Senate District.»

The Wandsworth factor and demographic change go in favour of making Tooting a Tory gain for Mark Clarke and the loss of Labour votes to the BNP looks like going to aid Simon Jones» campaign to oust Jon Cruddas in Dagenham and Rainham; «Mr Expenses», Alan Keen, is more vulnerable than the figures suggest in Feltham and Heston (the current projection shows his wife, Ann, being defeated in neighbouring Brentford and Isleworth); Tory candidate Ed Northover wrote only this week about his efforts to win Leyton and Wanstead from Labour, whilst ConservativeHome has previously noted the energetic campaign being waged by Chris Philp in the redrawn Hampstead and Kilburn seat where he is now in genuine contention.

What's more interesting is that the same left - wing groups who have been so leery of Cuomo will now be speaking up in his favor as part of a $ 3 million campaign to win support for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

This, in part, is why Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins now hopes to potentially move the third - party's ballot line position up to potentially Row C, campaigning on a tax - the - wealthy, hike the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour platform.

Pena, a former city councilman and now chairman of the South Norwalk Community Center, waged a spirited campaign, portraying Morris as out of touch and missing in action.

But now his campaign is striking back at Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat who earlier this year waged a public relations battle of his own following the failure of a bank owned by his family.

Now Zellner is waging a high energy campaign against a fellow Democrat with regular press releases that label Kearns «tricky Mickey.»

State Republicans, including Astorino, have said that they would need at least $ 15 million to wage a successful campaign against Cuomo, a goal that, as of now, appears unlikely to be met.

But this one continues to grow because of the indolence of governments, the prevarication of shipping companies and the inattention of environmental groups who, had they waged a serious campaign, would surely have prevailed by now.

But that won't happen soon enough thanks to the ongoing mult - million - dollar marketing campaigns waged by the food industry — the image of these bad foods is now being portrayed as harmless rather than the poison it really is.

Now the trust has responded, claiming the government has waged a campaign against the school that has been «been characterised by misrepresentation, half truths and inaccuracies».

Flush with an emerging confidence in their medium, photographers such as Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, wrote Hilton, found ways to turn the lens on these complexities: «The kind of campaign that was once waged, and waged successfully, for abstract painting is now being waged for «abstract» photography.»

We are writing now to express our concern at Taiwan's transition away from clean, nuclear energy to fossil fuels, warn against a misinformation campaign being waged by financial interests, and encourage a democratic resolution to Taiwan's energy crisis.

Now, these corporate polluters are waging multi-million-euro campaigns to deny responsibility for bee colony collapse.

Community Rights Counsel Press Release — For more than a decade, Exxon Corporation (now ExxonMobil) has waged a comprehensive campaign against punitive damages awards, triggered by the decision of a jury in Alaska to impose a $ 5 billion penalty on the company for the misdeeds that led to the Valdez oil spill, the worst in the nation's history.

But now go - slow advocates, waging a campaign to keep electronic signatures firmly rooted in the familiar world of paper documents and metal file cabinets, have upset this arcadian garden of legislative cooperation — with dire consequences for electronic commerce, say backers of a uniform law.