Sentences with phrase «number of unions»

Despite a major setback for organized labor in the Wisconsin recall election on June 5, union households still make up about 25 percent of the national electorate and could be a decisive factor in states with large numbers of union members.
Supervised a large number of union employees engaged in manufacturing of the Varicella vaccine.
A growing number of union leaders and community activists are engaging local level business, political and other leaders in multi-party negotiations on issues critical to their local economy and workforce.
Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.
And over five years, sufficient numbers of union members are expected to join the party to tip the electorate for the leadership election towards the unions with 50 % or more of the franchise expected to be drawn from union ranks — a considerable improvement on the third offered by the current electoral college.
Leader warns changes could be a risk as number of union members automatically affiliated to party will fall significantly
Indeed, on Staten Island, with its large number of union households, Trump won 57 percent of the vote — or 95,612 votes — to Clinton's 40 percent, or 67,561 votes, according to the New York State Board of Elections.
An unspecified number of unions and construction agencies said they support Liu's plan, citing a need to put people to work and to cut long - term borrowing costs.
This is very important, because New York is the state with the highest union density and the greatest absolute number of union members.
A government impact assessment concluded that probably the same number of union members would continue to affiliate, which McNicol said was «so inaccurate as to be palpably absurd».
Times reporter Howard Blume won't say, but given the large number of union sympathizers and others who received advance copies, one might well ask: Who didn't leak it?
To some, however, that is an illusion; even as the total number of union members in Canada has increased, union membership as a proportion of the workforce (union density) has been steadily declining for more than two decades.
Still, he could not sway a sufficient number of the union's decisionmakers, and the NEA was as divided on whom to endorse as was the Democratic Party.
«To be able to keep our benefits and actually increase the number of union jobs is a great thing.»
What's more, a number of unions on college campuses are allying with non-governmental organizations, such as United Students against Sweatshops to hold corporations accountable for enforcing labor standards throughout their global supply chains.
During the war there had been a rapid increase in the number of unions and unionized workers in Canada — but Winnipeg employers were particularly reluctant to negotiate with these unions.
A number of unions have taken place — some, as with the Methodists, within the same family of churches.
Also, a number of unions continue to support IDC Leader Jeff Klein in his primary battle with former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell, though they are supporting — or at least promising to support — primary challengers to other IDC members, including former NYC Comptroller John Liu, who is running against the IDC's newest member, Queens Sen. Tony Avella.
Although Sean Patrick Maloney is the favorite of a number of unions, he played a key role in the fallout of the Troopergate scandal, which Cuomo investigated as AG, and also ran against the governor in the 2006 AG primary.
Jeremy Corbyn gave full support for Sadiq in his campaign for mayor, as did a number of unions including my own.
Arcuri voted «no» on the health care reform bill, which cost him the support of the labor - backed Working Families Party and a number of unions, including 1199 - SEIU.
Following George Galloway's win in the Bradford West by - election, a number of union leaders and left MPs wrote an open letter to the leader's office asking for a policy review, and urging the adoption of an agenda they argued would tackle the «cost of living crisis».
This reform saw the number of union affiliated members fall drastically but that does not mean that unions have lost their influence in Labour.
The Javid plans, which were not clearly set out in the Conservative manifesto, are likely to blow a hole in Labour party funding because the number of union members who will proactively support paying the political levy will be much lower than those who pay the political levy through inertia.
The committee was evidently less persuaded by the government's case and concluded that the re-introduction of «contracting - in» could have a «sizeable negative effect» on the number of union members participating in political funds and therefore on the income of the Labour Party.
Smitherman has also received support from the Working Families Party, a number of unions including 1199 SEIU, and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
However a number of unions in the party, including the Hotel Trades Council, the United Federation of Teachers and the Mason Tenders, backed Klein instead.
After five years, the number of union members affiliated to the party will determine a union's voting power at the party conference.
In the first stage a union member will have to consent positively to opt in so part of their political levy goes to Labour, and the number of union members that agree to that become the basis of a union's collective affiliation to the party.
The traditional good government groups like the League of Women Voters and NYPIRG are joined by a number of unions, and for first time a national group, the Public Campaign Action Fund.
Her website listed endorsements from a number of union locals, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The state Assembly advanced a bill Tuesday that would cut by more than half the number of union representatives on a panel with great influence over the state's workers» comp policies.
A number of unions have referenced that move in their announcements of support for Gounardes.
While the W.F.P. is backing former city councilman Oliver Koppell's primary challenge to I.D.C. leader Jeff Klein, for example, a number of unions have endorsed the senator, and so far show no signs of abandoning him.
Miller, a Southeast Queens resident for 35 years, was backed by a number of unions, including The Uniformed Fire Officers Association, 1199 SEIU, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and 32BJ SEIU.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who was on hand to announce the groundbreaking, said one of the highlights of the store's construction is the number of union jobs it is expected to create.
Strikes are already being threatened by a number of unions, including those representing British Airways cabin crew, Royal Mail staff, and a number of public sector employees.
The bill is supported by the Straphangers Campaign, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Transportation Alternatives, Reinvent Albany, and a number of unions.
Detailed discussions between the Department for Education (DfE) and unions representing teachers and headteachers in England and Wales reached their conclusion yesterday with a number of unions refusing to sign up to a heads of agreement document outlining the priorities for reform to the Teachers» Pension Scheme (TPS).
A number of unions involved with the last major day of nationwide strike action in July 2014 would have fallen foul of the 50 % turnout rule.
The labor - backed WFP endorsed independent socialist in the New York's April Democratic primary, to chagrin of a number of its union founders and elected supporters.
The unions associated with school teachers, nurses, and miners certainly have the highest profiles, but a number of unions represent scientists, particularly scientists working in the public sector.
This story was changed after it incorrectly characterized the number of unions not seeking recertification.]
A number of Union activists were taken by surprise when schools in their area started collecting data relating to the nationality and country of birth of pupils.
What I haven't seen mentioned is the union issue, that a number of unions supported the pipeline.
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