Sentences with phrase «organized labor did»
Panepinto certainly wasn't alone in opposing the changes other elected officials, activists and members of organized labor did so as well.
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While organized labor contends that a union workforce is a quality workforce, that argument, more often than not, doesn't resonate with business.
While organized labor contends that a union workforce is a quality workforce, that argument, more often than not, does not resonate with business.
No steam - driven machines, no telephone, telegraph or wireless, no organized labor, no fluctuating foreign exchange, and the other side of the ocean so far away that Thomas Jefferson could hope that Europe would never have more to do with us than with China!
That American society criminally undervalues teachers so we get warehouse attendants rather than educators because it pretends anyone can do the job, or that labor is best served when it's organized?
If they are not involved in an organized sport, encourage him to ride his bike, take up running or join the local Y. Don't forget to include physical labor around the house — cleaning gutters, cutting grass, stacking wood, etc..
I decided to do some acupressure points, drink some tea, organize my craft closet, (insert that other thing you do to induce labor here... a few times) and finally, relax and take a bath and have a heart to heart with this baby.
Don't worry about digging through your address book at the last minute, because we have a handy way to organize and print off all of those essential phone numbers — for your caregiver, the labor and delivery unit, a neighbor and others!
However, they don't really answer the final question: why did organized labor become associated with the Democratic Party, rather than a new socialist - type party?
The union opposes the referendum because the legislation that allowed for it does not include a labor peace provision that would stop casino owners from blocking union organizing efforts.
If you think your union should be doing better at online organizing, consider using this as your check list for promoting more, and more effective labor participation at Netroots Nation:
«The unions are still going to be major players after this, but it will change their revenue picture and it will force them to dial back some of their activities that don't reflect urgent concerns of the members,» said the Empire Center's Ken Girardin, who is rooting for a decision adverse to organized labor.
«Organized labor built this middle class in the first place in this country and it is up to organized labor to rebuild it again and that's what we re doing in New York and that is the common theme on all these initiatives,» Cuomo said.
The holdup over legalizing MMA in the Assembly may have nothing to do with organized fighting and everything to do with organized labor.
LaBarbera and representatives of construction labor management funds, which advocate for companies that use organized labor and related unions, said it was clear the real estate lobbying group had more sway at City Hall than they did, given that they were not invited into the 421 - a discussions the administration and REBNY had engaged in.
In the meantime we will be working with legislative leaders — Democrats and Republicans — and continuing to do what we've been doing all along, and that is working with our community and our allies across New York, including those from communities of faith and organized labor, to earn the votes we need to bring the marriage equality bill to the floor of the Senate for passage.»
We're going to do it together: government and organized labor, Andrew Cuomo and LiUNA together.»
«Now this would have been a very dangerous precedent, in my opinion, because if government didn't require organized labor to be at the table, then for sure those real estate developers weren't going to bring organized labor to the table.
«If the Supreme Court carries Donald Trump's political water, and if the Supreme Court tries to end organized labor, this state will do everything in its power to protect it,» Cuomo told a cheering crowd.
De Blasio's reluctance to bargain harder with the UFT was partly political, but also likely rooted in his ideological sympathies with organized labor (although the UFT did not endorse de Blasio in the Democratic primary).
It did grow slightly from 12.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent in 2008, but that was the only bright spot in some time for organized labor.
And of course these unions try to position themselves as saviors, doing their best to convince teachers that any salary enhancement is dependent on organized labor.
If the California Board of Education does push for more so - called transparency, it will be interesting to see if the California legislature holds politically - connected labor unions who also organize under the radar to the same standards.
Likewise, for conservative politicians and activist - profiteers disproportionately bankrolled by these and other monied interests, the «reform» argument gives them a way to both talk about fixing education and to bash organized labor, all without having to mention an economic status quo that monied interests benefit from and thus do not want changed.
Likewise, for conservative politicians and activist — profiteers disproportionately bankrolled by these and other monied interests, the «reform» argument gives them a way to both talk about fixing education and to bash organized labor, all without having to mention an economic status quo that monied interests benefit from and thus do not want changed.
Ignoring the deep history between civil rights organizations and organized labor, reformers have charged the NAACP with working alongside unions, as if corporate America has done black folk many favors.
Having an organized, up - to - date professional network is a tool you really can't do without in today's labor market.
If you don't already have a well - organized list, this alone can save you enough money on a large mailing to pay for the labor the mailing house provides.