Sentences with phrase «says union efforts»

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In his complaint, McGlaughlin describes a history of «abusive» practices and conflict with supervisors that predated — and he says prompted — his union - organizing efforts, and continued after he began seeking to organize his fellow workers.

However, Paul Reilly, the Guild representative involved in the Bloomberg effort, says the union has no plans to file an unfair labor - practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board about McGlaughlin's dismissal.

«Government officials will engage in the negotiations over the weekend in an effort to help reach a tentative labor agreement between the company and the union by 5 p.m. Monday,» GM said in a statement.

Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»

The interest in AI and blockchain spiked after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley during his 2018 Budget speech said that the country will be focusing its efforts in implementing the new technologies to solve issues in healthcare, education and finance.

In addition to demanding a $ 15 minimum wage and union rights, the campaign said it will keep up «unrelenting opposition» to efforts to «block wage increases, gut workers» rights or health care, deport immigrants or support racism or racist policies.»

In the past, an international body like the WJC was clearly necessary to coordinate Jewish efforts in, say, the campaign against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

In any event, the saints have known that «union,» in the supreme sense intended by the mystics, is not attained by human effort but is (as they say) always a «gift» of God; while contemplation, in the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall see.

When he announced the endorsement, the union's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&runion's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&rUnion's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&rUnion believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.»

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

Professor Stefan Bouzarovski, Chair of EPOV said: «The Observatory's web portal offers a unique focal point for understanding and tracking the extent of energy poverty across the European Union, as well as efforts to address the problem.

Saying Ed M will take it is a hunch: YouGov showed DM stronger than is likely: ex-ForSec public name recognition means he will poll better among those least likely to vote, where turnout will be under 25 %; that the union endorsements, the campaigning efforts and union members response to campaign have probably helped EM more than DM.

The Janus v. AFSCME case has spurred unions to rally around the country, saying it's an effort to stem their clout.

«Most importantly, Grace has pledged her support for our Unions effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» Mr Both said in the statement.

In a short interview today, Brynien said his efforts have saved jobs, even in the face of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful efforts to wring concessions from the state's second - largest public employees union.

Mulgrew praised the union's political action efforts by both in - service members and retirees in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 elections, which he said would have a huge impact on the future of students, educators and the entire country.

The commission's Betsy Lynam says the measures undermine recent efforts to reign in union benefit costs.

The postcard effort — a spokesman said there are 7,000 signed by NYCLASS supporters — is part of an ongoing process to wrangle the votes needed to pass the carriage - banning legislation, which is opposed by the labor union representing the carriage drivers.

He said that Rowland turned his experience fighting public employee unions against efforts to organize Apple workers.

«There was a very well - orchestrated get - out - the - vote effort by local public service unions, but many of those voters would have been Astorino supporters, so it's hard to measure,» said the spokesman, Bill O'Reilly.

Questioned by the Times Union about the potential conflicts posed by Miranda's dual roles in October, a Klein spokeswoman said Miranda had nothing to do with Klein's efforts, and urged Herbalife to stop spreading «conspiracy theories.»

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher says union support is key to the effort with the Department of Education to train teachers.

After 2000, one of the things that happens within the Republican party is that Karl Rove and then - party chairman Ken Mehlman looked to the Al Gore effort and said, «What we're gonna do is basically invest in exactly these sorts of voter contact operations that the Democrats had on the union side, and build a very strong micro-targeting and canvassing effort for 2004.»

While acknowledging the fact that the June 12 struggle was waged not only by Abiola and members of his family but also pro-democracy groups particularly National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), students, trade unions and indeed all Nigerians, Governor Ambode said it was a thing of joy that by the collective efforts of government and people, Lagos State, over the years, has kept alive the yearnings and aspirations of the people expressed on June 12, 1993.

Ernest A. Logan, the president of the union that represents NYC's principals and assistant principals, says he and and his members have lost confidence in NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, calling the mayor's school turnaround effort «a political mess» that isn't focused on kids.

The NY Post says the teachers union «broke» the governor, thanks to reports that he plans to abandon the effort to use student scores on state tests to help judge teacher performance.

Immigrants and their advocates rejected what they said was a divisive State of the Union speech by Trump, saying it will not help efforts at bipartisan compromise on immigration policy.

In an effort to refute what they say is a false narrative that union voters are closely split between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, a group of more than 20 unions representing more than 10 million workers is releasing a statement today reaffirming support for the former secretary of state.

The Professional Staff Congress of CUNY, the union that represents CUNY faculty and staff, said it's starting an social media ad campaign critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's veto of the «Maintenance of Effort» bill.

He also said unions are mobilizing their own members — efforts that are not reflected in the $ 1.72 million figure.

Asked about any formal or organized effort to discourage enforcement activity, Bratton said, «I'm not aware of any formal encouragement by union leadership in this matter.»

Cuomo called that line of the argument from unions «absurd» and said he hoped mayors would join him in the effort.

The source said de Blasio has privately told members of the Working Families Party that he was particularly moved to get involved in flipping the Senate after learning that the leadership of health care union 1199 SEIU, which in the past has supported select Senate Republicans, is part of the effort.

Jason E. Starr, Nassau County chapter director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said he hopes the office's efforts will force the district to admit students in accordance with the law.

Critics say the union's influence has blocked the effort to lift the legislative cap on the number of charters, which are privately run and publicly funded.

Schneiderman said it was part of an effort to clear tenants out of the building at 1578 Union St. so the landlord could charge higher rents.

Silver, a liberal Democrat with powerful union ties who has repeatedly stymied efforts by the last three governors to restrain spending, said he was fully behind Cuomo's pledge to slash the budget to close a projected $ 8 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

He says he's a socialist who supports public education, unions and efforts to help the poor.

Fifty - three percent of voters said they would oppose a convention that strips unions of collective bargaining rights and 49 percent would not back any efforts to allow for more development in the Adirondack Park, which has protected status in the constitution.

In an interview with POLITICO New York on Thursday, Paladino said Harig's candidacy amounted to an effort by the unions to undermine him.

Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

A source familiar with the AFL - CIO's efforts said some of the Democrats» more marginal members — including Suffolk County Sen. Brian Foley, Buffalo Sen. Bill Stachowski and Jefferson County Sen. Darrel Aubterine — also are in the union's cross hairs.

Despite the seeming finality of Entergy's statements, union officials still suspect the company of playing «high stakes poker» in an effort to win concessions from state officials, said Ted Skerpon, president of IBEW Local 97.

The effort includes nurses, advocates for the mentally ill, the League of Women Voters and the New York Civil Liberties Union, who say everyone has an interest in seeing paid family leave become law.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson says he won't support the Legislature's annual effort to sweeten pensions and other benefits for Albany's powerful labor unions.

«We're going to be rolling out an FHA refinancing effort to help borrowers who are under water in their homes get above water,» Donovan said in an exclusive interview taped for CNN's «State of the Union with Candy Crowley» on Sunday.

He says the county's books balance, economic development efforts are better planned and there has been a re-balancing of contracts with county unions.

De Blasio's outreach effort Monday came amid a firestorm of criticism from police unions about the mayor's treatment of the NYPD, attacking him for calling the protesters «peaceful» and saying that he warned his son, Dante, who is mixed race, about the dangers of interacting with police.

«The Transport Workers Union, representing more than 200,000 active and retired workers, today endorsed the «Occupy Wall Street» protests taking place in New York City and called on TWU members and local unions to join similar efforts taking place across the country,» the TWU said in a statement.

Hawkins said Cuomo's fundraising is why he has favored corporate interests over the needs of workers, attacking teachers and unions, impeding efforts to make the minimum wage a living wage, and largely ignoring wage theft which costs low - income workers in NYC alone an estimated billion dollars a year.