Sentences with phrase «push by the unions»

Noting his father launched his 1982 campaign for governor from the Labor Day Parade, Cuomo's remarks included a litany of the measures approved in the last year that had been pushed by unions (and the governor himself).

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

Most coalfield Labour MPs were pushed by their union to retire at the election after their 65th birthday, maintaining solidarity with the ordinary members.

This isn't an education policy push by the union; it's a political one.

If this push by the unions leads to more holistic, sophisticated evaluation systems for students and teachers and schools, the whole country will be better off.

Not exact matches

The decision was pushed by labor unions, who have been trying to stem decades - long membership erosion by targeting small businesses like fast - food restaurants.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed though anti-labor legislation even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed labor legislation with safe voting margins even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

Nationally, the American Hotel and Lodging Association has opposed the panic button measure, calling it a «fig leaf» for other regulations unions want to push, like higher minimum wages and caps on workloads, according to documents acquired by HuffPost.

Barack Obama's administration pushed for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, again over the objections of labor unions, this time joined by many public health groups.

... Pushed by China and other critics — including trade unions, international aid charities and some other developing countries — last year Mr Kim set up an independent review of the report chaired by Trevor Manuel, South Africa's planning minister.

Cost estimates for the extension, pushed hard by heavy hitters like U.S. Rep. Robert Brady (D., Pa.) and union boss John Dougherty, are in the $ 400 million range.

Such rhetoric, and all for a governmentally mandated union - election procedure, pushed on the Democrats by the party's supporters in the unions» headquarters.

The historical forces now pushing those issues toward the top of the social agenda — and therefore toward serious consideration by the churches — are different from those of the turbulent 1920s and «30s, when the masses of working people in the United States were struggling for the basic right to have a union, a decent wage and tolerable working conditions.

The number of independent contractors in Australia has fallen in recent years — 1.11 million contractors in 2010 to 986,000 by 2013 — which the Abbott government has blamed on a «concerted attack» by the Tax Office and the Fair Work building and construction taskforce under the previous Labor government to push people into more union - friendly arrangements.

I believe the man utd tragedy is referred to as the Munich air disaster... The real Munich disaster involved a beer hall in 1920 and the germination of a mad dictator who eventually unleashed untold mayhem and bloodshed and became a delusional manager holed up in a bunker (or was that a dug out) ordering loyal underlings to push around imaginary artillery (aka giroud and Walcott) that would retake the Soviet Union (or perhaps the EPL CL and FA Cup I forget) by reviving the glory years when things were going his way... Hmmm history is a funny thing

Buhari, while urging member states to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, cited the challenges faced by the European Union, EU, who have a similar agenda.

The Transit Workers Union and the Working Families Party is at odds over the push directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help flip Republican - held House seats in New York.

By Nancy Platts Trade unions have often been at the forefront of demands for a better democracy for working people, whether it was the Chartists pushing for the right to vote in the 19th century to the Scottish TUC's role campaigning for a Scottish parliament two decades ago.

The hotel industry, including the politically key Hotel Trades Union, has pushed back against efforts by Airbnb to expand its operations in New York.

Letter From NY Electeds to Bloomingdale % 27s CEO Pushing for a Fair Union Contract May 1 % 5bApril 28 2017 % 5d... by Nick Reisman on Scribd

An effort to block the legislation in New York has been pushed in part by the Las Vegas culinary union, which is in a protracted dispute with Ultimate Fighting Championship, the sport's prominent MMA organizer and promoter.

Pushing Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to recognize Russian as an official language could be seen as either legitimizing the Soviet Union's colonization of these countries, and / or legitimizing potential future claims by Russia to parts (or all) of the territory of these countries.

Unions have been urged to embrace rather than «push back against the forces of globalisation» by attempting to regulate multi-national companies.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

The European Union observation mission in Gabon said Tuesday it noted an anomaly in voting results from the president's stronghold province that pushed him over the edge to win re-election by a slim margin.

The union cited the push by the Cuomo administration on a variety of major construction projects, including a refurbished LaGuardia Airport and JFK International Airport, spending on airports in upstate cities like Syracuse and Rochester as well as renovations at the state fairgrounds.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

The money raised by the Education Fund was then directed to Common Cause, Citizens Union and a number of other groups as part of a 2013 push for publicly funded elections, which many believe would help Senate Democrats» electoral odds.

The coming power struggle pits the neoliberal capitalist class — big business and the banks with their friends in the media and their governing allies in the Tory party — against a weakened Labour party pushed on the back foot by a big election defeat and a trade union movement still hamstrung by Thatcher's legal minefield.

And there's long - standing political opposition by labor unions and lawmakers who have for years pushed to have power generated in the state rather than imported from Quebec, which has substantial government - run hydroelectric plants.

The bill — sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D - Queens) and Sen. Eric Schneiderman (D - Manhattan)-- was pushed hard by service unions 32BJ and SEIU 200.

The Conservative backbencher who topped a ballot for private member's bills will be given Parliamentary time to push for a referendum by 2017 deciding the UK's future in, or out, of the European Union.

That just so happens to be the position pushed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the Senate Democrats, a host of labor unions and their progressive allies.

Spinola and his fellow union - busters knows this, but instead of questioning the business practices of the owner of those cranes, they decided to use these accidents as subterfuge to push for the weakening of the requirements to obtain a NYC Department of Buildings Hoist Machine Operator license, which will greatly weaken the crane operator's union by causing an influx of inexperienced non-union crane operators from out of state.

WFP and their supporting unions are spending money trying to influence legislation by pushing this agenda.

The split is part of a broader dispute within the WFP between its labor union founders and activist groups that have largely been funded by unions to push issues.

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

The European Union would be weakened by Britain's exit, but the UK will only be able to push its luck so far.

The IDC unveiled their push at a Capitol news conference outside of the Senate chamber flanked by leaders of the state's politically active teachers unions, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and New York State United Teachers union Vice President Andy Pallotta as well as the «Patriotic Millionaires» who support increasing taxes on the rich.

The education tax credit legislation is opposed by the state's teachers union, but has been strongly pushed for by the Archdiocese of New York.

Cuomo's task force on academic standards and testing expects to hand in its much anticipated report this month, amid a continuing push by teachers unions to end the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

The ad, first reported Sunday by the Times Union, comes as ride - hailing apps like Uber have pushed forward with automated cars, which various degrees of success and failure.

Cuomo made a rare appearance at a rally, held by firefighters and police union members from New York City, to support their push for better disability benefits.

The party, made up of liberal activists and labor unions, has irked Mr. Cuomo for years by trying to push him to the left, though the governor will still appear on its ballot line on Election Day.

The «day one» strategy hit major roadblocks as the public, led by an unusually aggressive Daily News campaign that included a 40,000 - signature petition, pushed back against the banning of a beloved tourist attraction that employs about 300 drivers — drivers who just happen to belong to the Teamsters Union.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration pushed forward Wednesday with its plan to lay off up to 9,800 state workers, setting July 15 as the date for the first wave of terminations, according to a memo obtained by the Times Union.

Citizen Action was joined by union - backed groups like the Alliance for Quality Education and Strong Economy for All, as well as Make the Road New York, which has pushed for the Dream Act that would allow tuition assistance for illegal immigrants or their children.

Unions and advocacy groups have pushed legislation that would cut down on testing or dilute the state's reform agenda by enacting a three - year moratorium on using scores from Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes.»