Sentences with phrase «other union workers»

Itinerant printers were revered for their skills, their erudition, and their cosmopolitan character, but they were also often derided as drunks and gallivants who swept into town and stole other union workers» overtime hours.

But some of the teachers and other union workers may be out of work next year.

Not exact matches

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has fired back at union claims that the resources sector does nothing to train the state's workforce, but relies on migrants and poaching workers from other industri

Walt Disney Co. is finding itself in heated talks with union workers over pay and other issues as profits at the company's theme - park division soar.

(Nevertheless, the company offers other benefits and protections, such as health insurance through a partnership with Freelancer's Union, plans for business insurance, as well as payment guarantees for workers.)

Despite comments suggesting that the Canadian Auto Workers and other unions are to blame for the loss of jobs at Electro - Motive and elsewhere, in reality their power has greatly declined.

And those other workers, by the way, were already unionized, making it a sneak attack not just on the employer, but a rival union as well.

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.

The Steelworkers Union and others are promoting alternative corporate forms like employee ownership, cooperatives, Benefit Corporations, private equity firms that respect worker rights and value their contributions in turnaround situations.

Like many of the other union leaders we consulted, Darcy says that her union will continue to organize aggressively during hard times, noting that the HEU has successfully signed up workers at most of the health facilities where the Campbell government has contracted out support services.

David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

I would argue that the mechanism that forced up the savings rates in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact economies seems to have been the scarcity of consumer goods: income levels among workers were generally not too bad, but these workers could only convert income into consumption with great difficulty, if they got in the right line at the right store early enough.

He voted for results that favored labor unions even though he thought that union successes tended mainly to impoverish other workers, because his philosophy of struggle implied that unions should be allowed to employ their most powerful weapons.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

A similar enterprise at the Evangelical Academy at Bad Boll, near Stuttgart, Germany, has made a significant start toward bridging the gap between the Church and the industrial worker by inviting representatives of the Trade Unions and Workers» Councils, including sometimes communists, to discuss the implications of Christianity, while on other occasions employers and Workers» Council leaders have met together for mutual discussion of the applications of the gospel to industry.

Fresh off a cost - cutting battle with City Hall labor unions that resulted in layoffs, Mayor Richard Daley signaled Tuesday that union workers at other city agencies he controls are now in his sights to take unpaid days off.

Equal rights for agency workers The T&G and other unions are campaigning to end the abuse of agency workers.

It is an important celebration for Worker's movements, Trade Unions and other leftist organisations.

«Meanwhile unions campaigning to get the voices of Britain's nurses, factory workers, shop assistants and other employees heard around Westminster are being targeted.»

The cause that prompted him to speak at the Cambridge Union and at other universities, for example, was the campaign for the Living Wage, a wage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound University.

Gov. David Paterson said the sacrifice state workers are going to make is «only necessary because their union leadership has rejected all other reasonable attempts at compromise.»

Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the CUNY that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

The influential NYC principals union endorsed Mayor Bill de Blasio for reelection last night, joining the teachers union and a host of other labor groups supporting the worker - friendly mayor, campaign officials said.

Among its members are District Council 37 (DC 37); Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100); New York State Nurses» Association (NYSNA); United Federation of Teachers (UFT); and others.

Other unions endorsing Zeldin are the International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union 15, 15A, 15B, and 15D, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 138, Transport Workers Union Local 501 (Air Division), New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, Enterprise Association of Steamfitters Local 638, International Organization of Masters Mates & Pilots, and Laborers Union Local 1298.

Is the future of labor to be found in worker centers, community - labor alliances, fast - food workers, domestic workers and others traditionally outside the union movement?

Other top lobbying spenders have consistently been on the list in recent years, including health care interests, the trial lawyers, and public worker unions.

The Temporary and Agency Workers bill would outlaw discrimination against agency workers and is backed by Unite, other unions and tWorkers bill would outlaw discrimination against agency workers and is backed by Unite, other unions and tworkers and is backed by Unite, other unions and the TUC.

A trade union increases the power of the employees by allowing them to bargain collectively with the employer: when the employer has too much power (e.g., the only job in town), a union can «level the playing field» by controlling a large % of skilled workers and negotiate a better pay or benefits which would otherwise be denied by the employer's access to other labor sources.

The workers, who have won the backing of the Trump administration, 20 states, and numerous labor watchdogs, argue that these payments are tantamount to forced political advocacy, since the government unions affect budgetary decisions and other matters of public policy.

Ari Paul argues that police unions deserve not solidarity from other city unions, but rather, healthy antagonism — public sector workers like teachers should take a forceful stance against police brutality.

The affected unions are: Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG); Ghana Medical Association (GMA); Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT); Coalition of Concerned Teachers; National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT); Public and Health Service Workers Union; Ghana Registered Nurses Association; the Government Hospital Pharmacists Association and others.

Workers, students and traders among others were left stranded as the drivers from 11 stations under the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) took to the streets.

At 11 a.m., employees at El Diario join representatives of the Newspaper Guild of New York and the New York City Central Labor Council and others at a rally to end firings of union - represented workers at the newspaper, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Commenting on a TUC survey of unpaid overtime, marking the ninth annual Work Your Proper Hours Day this Friday, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «It comes as no surprise that teachers work more hours in unpaid overtime than almost any other worUnion of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «It comes as no surprise that teachers work more hours in unpaid overtime than almost any other worunion, said: «It comes as no surprise that teachers work more hours in unpaid overtime than almost any other workers.

Other registered candidates include Marvin Holland, an organizer for the Transportation Workers United union; Donald Fields, a businessman and advocate; and Shanette M. Gray.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

Albany participants include workers from area McDonald's, Wendy's, Boston Market and other fast - food restaurants; city crossing guards; Saint Rose College and Siena College adjunct professors; health care workers; UAlbany students; community groups and labor unions.

Citizen Action's Karen Scharff: «We're out here today with workers striking McDonald's and other fast food companies because it's time we get fifteen dollars an hour and a union for fast food workers.»

Others are so traumatized that they need to take time off, said Derick Echevarria, vice president of stations for Transport Workers Union Local 100.

Recently, the IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, and the other conference members were joined by heads of the major public workers labor unions to promote bills to make it easier to join a union.

The U.F.T., which supported Bill Thompson in the Democratic primary, joined forces with 1199 Service Employees International Union, Communication Workers of America District 1, Hotel & Motel Trades Council and a host of other unions in raising funds for a TV ad blitz.

Debra Hagan, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 252, said Tuesday that the impacted drivers can work for the other companies who have acquired the contracts.

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

Teachout and Wu are backed by a public workers union, while other labor groups are remaining neutral in the race for now.

parents, students, teachers and other district workers rallied Tuesday morning to counter the U.S. education secretary's recent testimony about public schools.Local teachers union president Annie Irvine...

«The Government's Trade Union Bill, if enacted, will place supply teachers and other agency workers in an invidious situation and is a clear attempt to set one group of workers against another.

«Governor Cuomo listened to the growing demand from workers, students, labor unions, faith leaders and others.

Other speakers included John McDonnell MP, Chris Baugh PCS Assistant General Secretary, Steve Clarke of Welsh Tenants organisation, Sean McGovern chair of the TUC Disabled Workers» Committee and Disability representative to Unite Executive Council, and Ian Hodson of Bakers Union.

Among other accusations, the protesters alleged that Professor Akoroda had proscribed the union's activities at CRIN and unilaterally sacked 96 workers in 2014.