Sentences with phrase «rally called attention»
Mainly organized by 32BJ SEIU Hudson Valley, a union of property service workers with more than 163,000 members, the bilingual rally called attention to the possible anti-immigration and anti-labor policies by President Donald Trump's administration.
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He'll attend a rally on the City Hall steps with Councilman Mark Treyger, the education chairman, to call attention to the complete lack of paid parental leave for the city's school teachers.
The leaders of the community proposal and rally, reverends from Brooklyn, achieved significant attention for their plan and support from elected officials, in part because their critique of de Blasio's housing program touched the core tension of what some see as a solid, fairly moderate approach, but others call too timid to address the affordability crisis facing the city and its residents and, in some cases, a catalyst of detrimental gentrification.
The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»
The unusually harsh tone followed Miner's participation in a «Pink the Night Out» rally in front of the Syracuse Planned Parenthood office on Wednesday afternoon to call attention to the impact of the Republican health care bill under consideration by Congress.
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Immediately following the Class of 2014's commencement ceremony we rallied together to show support for The Cooper Union's strong and unique identity as a tuition free institution for the study of architecture, art and engineering; and to call attention to the fiscal mismanagement and lack of accountability on the part of The Cooper Union Trustees, leading to the erosion of a 150 - year old tradition of free tuition made possible by philanthropist Peter Cooper.
Letter to the Editor — Welland Tribune — April 26, 2013 We've done our research, attended meetings, held rallies, written letters, staged protests and done everything possible to call attention to what a fouled up mess the Green Energy Act, is and still the Liberal government, with the help of the NDP, continues to steamroll -LSB-...]