Sentences with phrase «over a union push»

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch sent a letter Friday to the governor asking that he intervene in a fight with de Blasio over a union push to provide newer cops the same disability benefits as older ones.

Not exact matches

Bill Clinton's administration pushed for NAFTA and Chinese accession to the World Trade Organization over the objections of labor unions.

Barack Obama's administration pushed for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, again over the objections of labor unions, this time joined by many public health groups.

The same principle of nonrandom selection is responsible for part of the non-Christian presence in the U.S.. For example, the population of India is about 12 percent Muslim, but because of both «push» factors in India and «pull» factors (especially economic opportunities) in the U.S., the proportion of Muslims among Indian Americans is probably higher than that for the same reasons — push and pull factors — Jews are greatly over represented among migrants from the former Soviet Union.

UK and Italian farmers Unions are joining forces to push their claims that higher prices for agricultural products are at the root of alleviating current concerns over supply sustainability and food security.

As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011 - 12 budget Wednesday, school officials and the teachers union are battling publicly over related issues of withdrawn raises and the mayor's push for a longer school day.

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.

The European Union observation mission in Gabon said Tuesday it noted an anomaly in voting results from the president's stronghold province that pushed him over the edge to win re-election by a slim margin.

First, push to adopt the policy recommendations from Citizens Union's 2013 report on political clubs to curb excess influence over institutions like the Democratic County Committee.

The comptroller also has close ties to unions and organized labor, whose turnout in 2010 helped push DiNapoli over Republican Harry Wilson.

Cuomo is going the more traditional route, relying on the well - oiled GOTV machines of unions like SEIU 1199 and HTC and the traditional Democratic Party apparatus to push him and Hochul over the finish line to victory.

More than 40 protesters were eventually arrested at the rally, which was over general cost shifts, a push for increased funding, and the expired faculty union contract.

Public employee unions tried to upend Rauner in the Republican primary over his criticism of «government union bosses» controlling a «corrupt» system with lawmakers and came close in a late push backing then - state Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale.

The living - wage measure, which was passed into law over Michael Bloomberg's veto in 2012, would have covered more than 12,000 jobs had Bloomberg not sued to stop it, according to a study released last July by the union that pushed the bill, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Uunion that pushed the bill, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store UnionUnion.

The state teacher's union is currently embroiled in its own battle with the state DOE over its push to implement tougher teacher evaluation standards this fall.

Nixon has worked over the years with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group heavily funded by unions that has pushed for more equitable distribution of state aid to public schools.

Sources close to Jeremy Corbyn have made it clear he will oppose a push by his deputy Tom Watson to give MPs and unions more power over the choice of future Labour leaders.

Ed Miliband has been «pushed by commentators who want to insist he is a puppet of the unions» over his response to the Falkirk allegations, the shadow public health minister has said.

Legislative meetings in Albany are only part of the push to get GENDA over the finish line — an effort in which ESPA, Housing Works, and the New York Civil Liberties Union play prime roles among a broad coalition of labor, faith, women's, business, and law enforcement leaders.

According to Reiss, he did not push harder for local control because once he took office he learned how much power the teachers unions held over many local school boards.

(Barqawi's effort sounded a lot like the «wraparound services» and «community schools» that teachers» unions have been pushing for over a century.)

Demographic quotas for charters in the name of equity are the latest policy cudgel of choice pushed by teachers union bosses in states all over the country.

The rift between UTLA and LAUSD on technology is nothing new (see: Union Head Opposes Tablet Initiative), and there have already been tense debates among Board members over Deasy's push to give each LAUSD student a tablet computer (see: Technology or Salaries?).

Skandera often clashed with Democrats and teachers unions over various reforms pushed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.

The push comes amid a heated debate over the voucher program, which the state teachers union and local officials contend pulls money away from traditional public schools.

In Los Angeles, some district officials are pushing to rate individual teachers in this way — over strenuous union objections.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

This was followed up by Richard Goodness over at Second Quest, who criticizes the tone Brice takes and suggests instead that women and LGBTIQ gamers need to push harder for fair treatment and representation, citing the Women's Social and Political Union's motto, «Deeds, Not Words».

California unions killed the Democrats» last - minute push to force the state to adopt 100 percent renewable electricity production by 2046, over worries the nation's highest utility costs are killing jobs.