Sentences with phrase «to support working families»

Left - leaning activists rallying in Manhattan on Thursday criticized Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged threat to defund groups supporting the Working Families Party, which endorsed Cynthia Nixon, his opponent in the Democratic primary.

On April 12, 2018, the British Columbia government granted third reading to Bill 6, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018 to better support working families by providing new, extended and more flexible maternity, parental and compassionate care leaves.

We also propose to increase the minimum amount of dosage to better support effective classroom practices, be more aligned with the dosage of effective early education programs, better support working families, and achieve stronger child outcomes.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg outlines his plans to do more to help support working families:

«Citizen Action is endorsing Cynthia Nixon for Governor because we trust her to make the choices that will support working families across New York,» said Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York.

«As our state faces another tight budget year, we must be creative and aggressive in our efforts to support working families who are struggling to stay in their homes,» Schneiderman said.

«IBEW Local 494 endorsed candidates strongly support working families, job creation, and using our tax dollars to make investments in our communities.»

Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool programs — programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. - based After School Alliance.

She added that «I always support the Working Families Party.

Our economy works best when we have a strong middle - class, so I will work everyday to support working families in Michigan.

Afterschool programs come in all shapes and sizes, offer students a host of enriching activities, and serve a diverse group of students — keeping kids safe, inspiring learning, and supporting working families from communities like rural Parma, Idaho to Baltimore, Maryland.

- not giving tax cuts to the richest, but keeping the 50p tax rate now and supporting working families by not going ahead this year with real terms cut to tax credits;

Some of the city's highest ranking Latino lawmakers will gather on the steps of City Hall on Sunday to ask voters to support the Working Families Party when they cast their ballot for Governor Andrew Cuomo's re-election.

A few of the many things that jump off of the pages for me are that it doesn't seem to support working families with kids (it REPEALS the up to $ 5,000 exclusion from gross income for dependent care assistance that many working parents use to subsidize the skyrocketing costs of child care while they work) or even those who (like my fantastic law students at UNLV) are pursuing and paying for higher education.

Fifty - two percent of parents surveyed feel that workplaces should provide benefits to support working families.

And let us support working families by supporting paid family leave.

As for the minimum wage, Cuomo said last weekend that he would support the Working Families Party's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 10.10 per hour and to allow individual communities to seek state approval to set their own minimum wages up to 30 percent above.

* In a breakfast roundtable with reporters, AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka called union voters «the firewall for candidates that support working families.»

You'd think that a party that is supposed to support working families would support something that would put people to work.

The new leaders will play a key role in formulating and implementing the Democratic majority's agenda, which Looney said will focus on «supporting working families, fighting for seniors, promoting small businesses and continuing to improve our education system to maintain Connecticut's competitive position in a demanding economy.»

Actress Cynthia Nixon and Public Advocate Letitia James appeared on NY1 on Sunday night to encourage voters to support the Working Families Party, and not the Women's Equality ballot line created by Governor Andrew Cuomo to promote his Women's Equality Agenda.

Indeed, the Chancellor's statement yesterday was more striking for its political drumbeat, for its emotive references to «earning our way in the world» and «supporting working families», than for anything else.

The new leaders will play a key role in formulating and implementing the Democratic majority's agenda, which Looney said will focused on «supporting working families, fighting for seniors, promoting small businesses and continuing to improve our education system to maintain Connecticut's competitive position in a demanding economy.»

«I support the Working Families Party for a host of reasons, not the least of which is I think that they are the political party that has the strongest track record and the strongest ambitions when it comes to women and women's issues,» Nixon told NY1's Errol Louis in a joint interview with James.

He said there could also be an increase in federal grants for middle - income housing to support working families, among other efforts.

«When it comes to expanding affordable housing and supporting our working families, Marisol Alcantara has the vision for the job,» James said last September.

«When it comes to expanding affordable housing and supporting our working families, Marisol Alcantara has the vision for the job,» James said in a statement to DNAinfo New York Thursday.

We can't afford to lose the investments that California has made to build this expanded learning network, which provides opportunities for kids to learn and gain skills, and supports working families by keeping their children safe and engaged.

Summer learning opportunities are critical in strengthening student's academic achievement, closing the achievement gap and supporting working families.

As a result, some charter networks with consistently strong student outcomes offer significantly longer school days and nearly year - round school in order to support working families.

Fortunately, the solution has been known for decades: a dramatic increase in energy efficiency and renewable energy, with just transition policies to support working families.

Now more than ever, the United States is in need of a child care system that supports working families and reflects the financial realities that they face.

In this year's commentary topic, we took a look at how our state can support working families.

This year's commentary topic was how our great state can support working families.