Sentences with phrase «powerful groups representing»

Two powerful groups representing young people have joined forces to pile pressure on the Labour leader over his refusal to offer the public a referendum on the final EU deal.

Not exact matches

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.

Obviously, such groups can be less - than - helpful when they divide everyone up by age group and marital status, but I've also seen them represent what is most powerful about church as members become deeply invested in one another's lives.

Obviously, such groups can be problematic when they divide everyone up by age group and marital status, but I've also seen them represent what is most powerful about church as members become deeply invested in one another's lives.

The ECA is the successor organisation to the G - 14 group of Europe's most powerful clubs and now represents the interests of 220 clubs from 53 countries.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

The pro-de Blasio group includes powerful building staff unions 32BJ SEIU and Hotel Trades Council, healthcare workers union 1199 SEIU and unions representing city employees.

The Civil Service Employees Association, one of the most powerful unions in Albany, makes no apologies for its vigorous defense of the group - home workers it represents.

«I think that this decision represents a clear and powerful recognition of how serious the threat of global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.

Having financed his first election campaign completely out of his deep pockets, Bloomberg was unencumbered by debts owed to the system's entrenched interest groups, including the powerful union representing 80,000 teachers.

However, developing a group of powerful parent leaders who can represent their opinions and our collective concerns takes time and skill.

This group — all of them surely members of any «Who's Who» list of digital content providers — and the organizations they represent will be a powerful voice for library eBook advocacy.

The 16 groups create eight separate curatorial projects; 76 artists in all are represented, and the result are powerful, conjoined, and beautiful images.

Powerful Exhibition at Steve Turner Gallery: Force of Nature Through May 12 By Genie Davis At Steve Turner Gallery through May 12th, Force of Nature is a group show that evocatively represents current social, political and environmental issues through the landscape of nature itself.

General Mills is also represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful lobbying group and major financial backer of the campaigns that defeated proposed GMO labeling laws in California and Washington.

Prior to joining Zinda Law Group, he practiced for years with respected defense firms in Texas, representing some of the largest corporations and most powerful insurance companies.