Sentences with phrase «powerful union heads»

In another private room, at The Capital Grille on 42nd Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley, state party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state government.

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Despite her more than two decades in the FBI, heading the Suffolk Police Department will bring her new challenges such as dealing with the powerful police labor unions, specifically the Police Benevolent Association, whose contract is up in 2019.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

Kink, who led the Democrats» policy office, will head the Strong Economy for All Coalition, which, according to a recent Times report, will soon open with a $ 5 million budget, backed by SEIU / 1199, the powerful health care workers» union, and the UFT, the New York City teachers union.

The wide - ranging investigation also produced criminal charges against powerful correction officers union head Norman Seabrook.

The 34 - year - old de Blasio donor - turned - felon was testifying in the ongoing trial for Norman Seabrook, the once - powerful head of the New York City corrections officers union.

Tisch had already assembled her dream team: herself, Steiner, Klein, King, and Michael Mulgrew, head of New York City's powerful teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers.

Those who argue that collective bargaining for teachers is stacked, even undemocratic, say that, unlike in the private sector, where management and labor go head - to - head with clearly distinct interests, in the case of teachers, powerful unions are actively involved in electing school board members, essentially helping to pick the management team.

Below are highlights from my interview with Richard Iannuzzi, the head of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the state's powerful 600,000 - member union.

The ultra-nationalist Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) emerged from this group as the head of the government in 1913, led by a powerful triumvirate known as the Three Pashas: Ismail Enver, Minister of War; Mehmed Talaat, Minister of the Interior; and Ahmed Djemal, Minister of the Navy.

It becomes clear how some forms of this noise pollution may not only confuse whales, but can also be so powerful that «a whale can be killed outright by the shock,» says Carl Gustav Landin, who heads the marine program for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).