Sentences with phrase «provided by labor unions»
The Working Families Party spends millions of dollars on statewide and local campaigns through funds provided by labor unions and other left - leaning backers.
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Wal - Mart's critics — including a group of its workers backed by labor unions - say the retailer pays its hourly workers too little, forcing some to seek government assistance that effectively provides the company with an indirect taxpayer subsidy.
Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.
Founded by real estate developers and business executives at Mr. Cuomo's urging shortly after he was elected governor, the committee has rapidly become the biggest spender on lobbying in Albany, providing not only critical backing for Mr. Cuomo but also a counterweight to the labor unions whose money and political muscle have traditionally dominated the Capitol.
Gov. Cuomo, backed by labor leaders including UFT President Michael Mulgrew (center), signs legislation at UFT headquarters to reduce the number of services that New York's public sector unions are obligated to provide to workers who do not pay to support those services.
By Paul Snyder As badly as Madison - area labor unions need the work the redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel would provide, at least one will retract its support without a project labor agreement.
«Beginning in 2009 and continuing up to the filing of this complaint, the Debi Rose Campaign provided false and misleading documentation to the CFB in an effort to both obfuscate, and conceal, «in kind» campaign contributions, and coordinated campaign goods and services provided by various labor unions for which «fair market value» was neither paid, or accurately reported,» the complaint said.
Ed schools presently benefit from a lack of public accountability, low political visibility, public policy inertia, and iron triangle protectionism provided by self - interested coalitions of executive branch credentialing managers, teacher union officials attempting to restrain labor market entry, and a few aligned legislators.
CEC supports labor - management collaboration to improve student learning across the country by providing training, resources, and coaching to union leaders, administrators, teachers and principals to build knowledge and capacity for collaboration.
Agency fees are a bald - faced money grab by the unions, but labor leaders dress it up by claiming non-union teachers must pay for the collective bargaining «services» the union provides on their behalf, whether those services are wanted or not.
(2) participating in a contractual or other arrangement or relationship that has the effect of subjecting a covered entity's qualified applicant or employee with a disability to the discrimination prohibited by this title (such relationship includes a relationship with an employment or referral agency, labor union, an organization providing fringe benefits to an employee of the covered entity, or an organization providing training and apprenticeship programs);
When they provide legal advice and assistance and / or conduct a targeted spot audit, our Labor & Employment lawyers strive to develop innovative solutions to reduce the risks of adjustment by the URSSAF (Unions de Recouvrement des Cotisations de Sécurité Sociale et d'Allocations Familiales, i.e. the body responsible for collecting social related contributions).