Sentences with phrase «public labor organizations»

A number of the city's most powerful private and public labor organizations have come together to form New York Progress, a super P.A.C. that has raised more than $ 1 million so far and hopes to clear at least $ 2 million in the coming weeks, according to Josh Gold, political director for the Hotel & Motel Trades Council.

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It means leaving the privacy ot your solitary labors, moving beyond those expected work relationships in which the product is always the go - between, and saying or doing something about the human affairs — the public realm — of that organization or community of which you are a part.

This voluntary food, flavors and fragrances industries program engages with vanilla exporters, producers, sector organizations and public authorities worldwide to progress issues of governance, traceability, labor rights and technical assistance to grower groups.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is touting his endorsement today by DC37, NYC's largest municipal public employee union and one of the few labor organizations with a sizable, well - organized field operation.

The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.

Several local labor organizations are behind the event, but it's open to the public... and free.

A range of organizations — including public - sector labor unions and environmental groups — have expressed opposition to a constitutional convention, pointing to changes that could be made to collective bargaining rules or upending conservation protections.

Since 2011, Reinvent Albany and numerous advocacy, business and labor organizations have supported a series of «lockbox» bills that would make it more difficult for the governor to divert funds dedicated to public transit to the General Fund or other purposes.

The case challenges whether unions can collect what are known as agency fees from public workers who do not choose to join the labor organization.

Nearly one - in - four workers belong to a labor organization in the state, including more than 1 million public sector workers.

NYSUT and other public - sector labor organizations have been deeply unhappy with Cuomo's fiscal agenda this year, and the union - backed Working Families Party has gone as far as to suggest it could endorse someone else for governor this fall.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

Private sector unions have been among Cuomo's reliable supporters, but labor sources said the endorsement was blocked primarily by NYSUT and AFSCME, a parent organization of public employee unions.

«Today is the culmination of over two decades of my work at the grassroots, in non-profit organizations, in labor and as a public servant.

Cuomo has had over the years a truculent relationship with some labor unions, including the public sector organizations who he battled in his first term in order to win cost savings in new contracts.

There's a variety of factors why Cuomo fares so poorly in some of these districts, ranging from staunch opposition SAFE Act to his truculent relationship with public - worker labor organizations (never mind that Tkaczyk, a Democrat who narrowly won her race by 18 votes in 2012, did not cast a vote for or against the legislation considering her race had not been resolved at that point).

The poll results come as state lawmakers once again are being pushed on the issue of public financing, this time by a coalition of good - government groups, labor organizations and even the former campaign apparatus of President Obama's re-election effort, Organizing for America.

On one side is the labor backed Working Families Party, an organization that hasn't rule out giving its line to another, more liberal candidate for governor if he doesn't achieve public financing.

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

According to a former union president, John Samuelsen, the organization has secured better deals over the past eight years than any other public labor group in New York.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

Republican Sen. Bill Larkin on Friday announced he had received the backing of five labor organizations in the state, including the two largest public workers employee unions.

In an effort to minimize a rebellion from organized labor and the left during the governor's election last year, Cuomo made promises to workers and their organizations that he would raise the minimum wage to $ 10 an hour for public employees.

New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a collation of labor unions, community organizations, and the variety of public interest groups such as Citizens Action of New York.

The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

The resolution charged a committee, composed of citizens from local labor unions and advocacy organizations, with examining the possibilities of a municipal public financing system.

It launched pre-emptive ads aimed to paint critics of the governor's fiscal goals, such as public - sector labor unions, as «special interests» — organizations that funded hard - hitting commercials when ex-Govs.

Other program might have its strengths in areas of labor economics, environmental and natural resources economics, public economics, and industrial organization.

With the future contributions of these young citizens at stake, Immigrants Raising Citizens is a timely study with far - reaching implications for immigration policy, labor law enforcement, and the organization of family - oriented public programming.

For 10 years, while president of the UFT, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100 - plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees.

For the past 15 years, Mr. Robinson has served as the Chair of the Prince George's County Labor Coalition, an organization that represents 25,000 public and private employees in Prince George's County.

Another paper suggests that public schools with labor organizations are more productive by 3 percent.

Public or private nonprofit organizations, including faith - based and other community groups; schools or districts; institutions of higher education; cities and counties; Indian Tribes; and labor organizations are eligible to apply, along with partnerships and consortia of these entities.

Our campaign includes more than 50 education advocacy organizations plus teachers and school administrators, representatives of charter schools and traditional public schools, urban and rural interests, business and organized labor, faith - based groups and community groups.

National Education Association: The NEA is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the US, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staff and colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers.

The Public School Choice Initiative will allow competition among teams of internal and external stakeholders, such as local educators, administrators, community members and organizations, charter school operators, non-profit organizations, and labor partners.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced through a Federal Register notice that the agency is seeking comment from commercial driver and training organizations, truck and bus associations, motor carriers, state licensing and law enforcement agencies, labor unions, safety advocacy groups, insurance companies, and the public on recommendations for membership to a negotiated rulemaking commi

Established in 2010, MTSNAC is comprised of leaders from commercial transportation firms, ship construction, repair and recycling, trade associations, state and local public entities, labor organizations, academics, and environmental groups that advise the Secretary and the Maritime Administration on policies to ensure that the U.S. Marine Transportation System is capable of responding to projected trade increases.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), every employer, employment agency, and labor organization subject to this title shall (1) make and keep such records relevant to the determinations of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are being committed, (2) preserve such records for such periods, and (3) make such reports therefrom, as the Commission shall prescribe by regulation or order, after public hearing, as reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this title or the regulations or orders thereunder.

«An outright gift of the cash investment is acceptable if the donor is the borrower's relative, the borrower's employer or labor union, a charitable organization, a governmental agency, or public entity that has a program to provide home ownership assistance to low - and moderate - income families or first - time home buyers, or a close friend with a clearly - defined and documented interest in the borrower.»

Public health includes organizations that employ nurses, nurse practitioners, nurses in a clinical setting, and full - time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations and health support occupations, as such terms are defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A private, non-profi t organization (that is not a labor union or a partisan political organization) that provides one or more of the following public services:

If you work at a corporation, public charity or any other organization classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3)-- not including labor unions, partisan political organizations or groups engaged in religious activities — you may qualify for loan forgiveness.

A private, not - for - profit organization (that is not a labor union or a partisan political organization) that provides one or more of the following public services:

Arts & Labor was able to broker participation in a panel, organized as part of the «Frieze Talks» program, that brought together Nato Thompson, a curator at the public arts organization Creative Time, and Suzanne Lacy, the activist artist and professor at Otis College in California.

We're talking about the kind of march that comes with its own hour - long trailer, the kind of march that will include labor unions, social justice organizations and groups representing frontline communities, not to mention U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki - moon — even though, as the Guardian points out, «high - ranking officials do not normally attend mass public protests.»

SEIU is a progressive, dynamic and growing labor organization representing over 2 million members in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, principally in the property service, public service, and health care fields.

All three student unions and other campus and labor organizations at U of T condemned the administration's decision to close, as should the public.

Employment physicals are also recommended for organizations with job duties that require labor intensive tasks such as construction, public safety, and manufacturing.