Sentences with phrase «of working families»

Quality enhancements are offered to child care centers and family child care providers that meet the needs of working families by offering flexible and convenient full - day and full - year services.

Someone I feel I can bring along to become a part of our working family so that we can all keep growing together.

What used to be a champion of Working Families has become a corrupt political enterprise.

In the private sector, the shift from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution 401 (k) plans over the past three decades has harmed the retirement security of working families.

Raising the minimum wage promotes economic growth by putting money in the pockets of working families who spend it immediately on necessities at local businesses.

Quality enhancements are offered to child care centers and family child care providers that meet the needs of working families by offering flexible and convenient full - day and full - year services.

Both are founding components and major funders of Working Families.

This would increase the disposable income (and work incentives) of working families while encouraging job growth.

«You are part of a young collection of leaders who continue to define themselves as defenders of working families,» he said.

All this, he said, makes him sympathetic to the plight of the working family.

«I was interested in the sort of working families that develop in the lab,» she said.

Our foster homes consist of working families, singles, and retirees - they have love in their heart to take in a homeless pet and help them find their forever home.

For the convenience of our working families, we also offer wellness appointments during the evening.

Full and part - time schedule options as well as a morning preschool help meet the needs of working families.

In order to improve achievement outcomes for students, as well as the lives of working families, school leaders should rethink how early students start the school day.

Build rapport with employees to make them feel like everyone is part of the work family.

Cuomo did endorse indexing and a version of local control over a minimum wage hike upon receiving the endorsement of the Working Families Party in May.

(Upon receiving the endorsement of the Working Families Party in May, Cuomo backed a plan that would allow local governments to raise the state's minimum wage on their own, based on a formula set by Albany).

«It's good to see IDC members voicing support for critical progressive issues,» said Bill Lipton, New York State Director of the Working Families Party.

The seat is one of five left open on the council by the departure of incumbents; Jen Fuentes, the first member of the Working Families Party elected to office in Kingston, opted not to seek a second two - year term.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor, welcomed today the support of any Working Families Party members who still wanted to support a progressive third party independent of the two corporate parties.

Democratic congressional candidate Katie Wilson on Tuesday received the backing of the Working Families Party in her bid for the 21st congressional district in the state's North Country region.

As a single mother and small business owner, Katie knows well the struggles of working families in the North Country, and is exactly the kind of home - grown Working Families Democrat we need in Congress,» said Karen Scharff, Working Families Party Co-Chair.

While they didn't speak, there were even leaders of the Working Families Party — who reluctantly made Cuomo their standard bearer last year only to claim he went back on a deal to help Democrats reclaim the State Senate — standing on the stage with the governor.

«Endorsing Governor Cuomo is the most effective way to put the interest of working families first,» said Figueroa and Dennis Trainor, vice president of Communication Workers of America District 1, in a statement.

NY - 1 Democratic congressional challenger Anna Throne - Holst will have the ballot line of the Working Families Party in her November race against freshman GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin.

He said WFP party leaders would «make a decision that puts the interests of working families first.»

[17] He received the nomination of the Working Families Party for comptroller.

«We've got one tough cookie who is going to be out there fighting on behalf of working families across this country,» Warren said in her remarks, according to a video posted on Instagram.

«Mayor Miner's silence has, unfortunately, enabled Senator DeFrancisco to be the biggest hurdle to passing a livable wage for millions of working families across the state.

«Born out of the Working Families Party endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President.»

«We definitely need a much fairer tax code in New York state because right now the major challenge in New York state is how we're going to pay for our schools, our water systems, our infrastructure and just basic services the state is providing,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action and a state co-chair of the Working Families Party.

To the surprise of almost no one at the newspaper (us) that predicted it, former Ulster County Family Court judge candidate Kevin Bryant of Kingston is now officially a candidate of the Working Families Party for state Supreme Court in the Second Judicial District in Brooklyn and off the ballot here.

For decades, these hard - working New Yorkers have been advocating on behalf of working families for crucial issues facing the middle - class, such as American manufacturing, mass transit and infrastructure and education.

Just weeks into the race, Ms. Nixon has already stolen the endorsement of the state leadership of the Working Families Party, a coveted seal of liberal approval.

Supporters of the Working Families Party compare the investigation to a witch hunt led by well - connected opponents threatened by their rise.

«Gareth's one of us, he's from here; he knows this district and understands the struggles of working families because he's lived it.

Ulster County CSEA Political Action Chair Troy Ashdown stated; «We, CSEA, believe Mike Hein will best serve the interests of working families throughout Ulster County.

The first impact of these will be felt in the next couple of weeks by tens of thousands of working families already on UC who were told in April they would lose up to # 200 a month as a result.

The campaign itself was also charged, along with a defunct for - profit arm of the Working Families Party.

The Oregon Working Families Party is a sister - affiliate of the Working Families Party of New York, but it is a party which has yet to live up to the New York affiliate's accomplishments.

The head of the Working Families Party Friday urged liberals to support Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for governor if he faces a challenge from lefty activist Zephyr Teachout...

They first clashed over de Blasio's plan to raise taxes to fund universal pre-kindergarten, but later that year, de Blasio did a huge favor for Cuomo by helping to coax the liberal wing of the Working Families Party into letting him have its nomination.

«Curbing unnecessary regulation» to reduce the cost of doing business is just another backdoor way of providing generous giveaways to powerful corporations at the direct expense of working families.

«We agree that petitioners» failure to name as respondent the Executive Board of the Working Families Party results in dismissal, and we therefore affirm,» the decision said.

The Democratic challenge slate went on to win the election and with the help of the Working Families Party members unseated Finch's campaign treasurer, Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr. last night as the Chairman of the Bridgeport Board of Education, replacing the disgraced pastor with a pro-public education advocate named Sauda Baraka.