Sentences with phrase «proposals by the unions»

Investors are not particularly skeptical of proposals by unions and public pensions, but appear to view proposals by individual «gadfly» shareholders as value - destroying.

... The policy recommendations include an array of strategies, some of which echo proposals by the union, United Teachers Los Angeles.

The administration's proposed new code stops short of embracing every piece of the proposals by the unions and education groups and makes no mention of funding.

Not exact matches

The CWA said on Saturday that Verizon has not budged from its original proposal which they have said would increase workers» healthcare costs by thousands of dollars, eliminate job security and remove any restrictions on the company's right to contract out or offshore union jobs.

Before announcing in September 2015 that she opposed TransCanada Corp's proposal to build a pipeline from Canada to the United States, her campaign sought to «soften the blow» to labor unions by offering an energy infrastructure plan that would create jobs, according to the emails.

One of the most exciting developments in Canada is the innovative, forward - looking proposal being developed by two of Canada's largest private sector unions: the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP) and the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW).

The union proposal was defeated by a 75 % margin.Meanwhile, Stack managed to finagle a supply of spare parts from his erstwhile cronies in Melrose Park.

The proposal is being put forth by the B.C. Government and Service Employees» Union general fund.

Proposals to stop people on terrorism watch lists from buying guns are opposed not only by the National Rifle Association, but also by the American Civil Liberties Union.

In his September 2017 «state of the Union» address, Juncker declared that Europeans were not «naïve free traders» and presented a Commission proposal for an EU foreign investment screening procedure.21 The Commission's proposal is currently making its way through the European Parliament and might be adopted by the end of the year.

The new shareholder proposal, which has been put forth by the B.C. Government and Service Employees» Union general fund, is being presented as a way to improve corporate governance and increase shareholder value.

In New York, there is a proposal to lower the pension return and it is being contested by the unions.

We find that during contract negotiation years, unions increase the number of proposals they make by about one - quarter (and by about two - thirds during contentious negotiations), and change the subject of proposals to focus on matters personally costly to managers.

This time the unions were also helped by ill - designed school voucher proposals in Michigan and California, both of which went down to crushing defeat.

Here's another, scarcely less oratorical in character, from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: the title of this document (another wonderful example of Vatican bogus academic language when what is needed is a competent journalist used to writing informative headlines) is «Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons» (2003): The Church's teaching on marriage and on the complementarity of the sexes reiterates a truth that is evident to right reason and recognised as such by all the major cultures of the world.

Though the proposals made in Union Budget 2017 - 18, seem to have excluded the announcements expected by food processing companies except MSMEs, it does offer a solution for the long - standing issue of post-harvest losses.

These guidelines will inform the EU Commission on a methodology to measure food waste consistently across the European Union, as called for by the Commission's waste legislation proposal.

The recommendations were immediately attacked by critics ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union, which accused the panel of waging «war against innocent American citizens,» to, perhaps more surprisingly, The Wall Street Journal, which called the commission's proposal «an example of enforcement mentality run amok.»

The government may wish to consider a proposal made yesterday by a coalition of organisations, including unions and the Federation of Small Businesses.

Appealing to his Eurosceptic domestic constituents, Prime Minister David Cameron's recent proposal for a UK - wide referendum on Britain's membership to the European Union has been declaimed by EU supporters as an easy, if irresponsible, exit strategy.

The failure of Labour's «In Place of Strife» labour market reform proposals in the late 1960s had led to a situation where union power was increasingly stifling markets by keeping wages high.

Many of NYPIRG's proposals were endorsed by other good government or advocacy groups such as the League of Women Voters, Empire Justice Center, Common Cause, Consumers Union, Environmental Advocates of New York and the Brennan Center for Justice.

The European commission is putting forward proposals to have the banking union completed by next year.

The proposal to exempt those schools, though, was sharply opposed by most Assembly Democrats, who have close ties to teachers» unions and related education groups.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career Wednesday, following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

And the impact of the proposal, announced by Cuomo today at a New York City union rally also attended by Vice President Joe Biden, wouldn't necessarily be limited to the lowest - level unskilled service jobs.

This comes on the heels of a memo circulated yesterday by the state's largest teachers union, NYSUT, that called on legislators to reject major provisions of the education reform proposals that are in the spending plan's framework.

(b) By way of derogation from point (a), where the Council does not act on a proposal from the Commission or from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the qualified majority shall be defined as at least 72 % of the members of the Council representing the participating Member States, comprising at least 65 % of the population of these States.

Still, Citizens Union's Dick Dadey is optimistic that Cuomo's proposal could advance the issue by «drawing out the Senate's opposition more clearly to the public.»

The proposals, and Cuomo's failure to release district - by - district state money lists, have prompted a backlash from teacher unions and some school administrators.

In May, an emergency mediation panel appointed by the White House supported the union's proposal for pay increases and added modest contributions for health care.

The governor has said de Blasio waited too long into the legislative session to present his proposals, and he has criticized the mayor for excluding a required prevailing wage for construction workers involved in 421 - a development, a stance that has been praised by the trades unions.

Among Citizens Union's proposals are: independent budgeting for JCOPE; investing in database resources and information technology; an open process of personnel selection; making internal workings public and transparent; improving the process of financial disclosure reporting by coordinating with different agencies; reducing response time to complaints; and improved guidance of grassroots lobbying to ensure ethics compliance.

The union's recommendations for reform were devised by a diverse 60 - member committee of educators that met six times between December 2012 and March 2013 before they presented their proposals to the union's leadership.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

The reunification proposal was put out Monday by Brown, state Democratic Party Vice Chairwoman and former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Rep. Joseph Crowley, of Queens, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, and Hector Figueroa, president of the influential Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

Government proposals to tighten rules on strike ballots and political donations have been condemned by furious trade unions as «chilling» and «an attack on workers» rights and civil liberties».

Government plans to change the way unions can donate money to political parties face a challenge in the House of Lords, after it was revealed that the proposals could reduce the Labour party's income by # 6m.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Recall elections prompted by anger over lawmaker handling of a proposal to curb union rights let Wisconsin Democrats narrow the Republican majority in the state Senate, but not capture control, and.By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Recall elections prompted by anger over lawmaker handling of a proposal to curb union rights let Wisconsin Democrats narrow the Republican majority in the state Senate, but not capture control, and.by anger over lawmaker handling of a proposal to curb union rights let Wisconsin Democrats narrow the Republican majority in the state Senate, but not capture control, and...

Fields, 64, who has been endorsed by the union in past elections, angered the organization earlier this year with her proposal that teachers across the state reopen their contracts and agree to a wage freeze to help close the state budget deficit.

Paterson tried to force the tax cap issue by including it in his last budget extender bill, (much to the pleasure of both AG Andrew Cuomo, who is also a cap supporter; and Long Island Democratic Sen. Craig Johnson), which theoretically would have made the Legislature choose between accepting an unpopular (at least among Assembly Democrats and the teachers» unions) policy proposal and shutting down the government.

Cuomo's proposal — agreed to by the trade unions and real estate lobby — only includes condo projects outside Manhattan with 35 units or less.

A proposal from the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference to make it harder for public employees to stop paying union dues — cheered by unions and opposed by business groups — will also be included.

Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

A comprehensive proposal for a new «Post Bank» to run as part of the Post Office Network is launched today (Tuesday 17 March) by a new coalition of trade unions, a business organisation, pensioner and pressure groups and charities.

A proposal by SUNY that would allow for as little as 30 hours of training for charter school teachers is stirring a debate and is opposed by the union that represents professors.

Remember last year, when Cuomo was in full - on war mode against the teachers unions, and trying to force education reform down the Legislature's throat by inserting it into his budget language and tying his proposals to a boost in school aid?

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

De Blasio, at a separate press conference, urged the state to support his proposal, saying, «The plan that has been put forward by the unions would take us back to so many of the excesses of the past.»

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union has commented on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education, setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment.