Sentences with phrase «through lobbying the working»

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It has spent $ 8 million making that case through lobbying and advertising, and it seems to be working: The latest polls show Prop F being defeated by a narrow margin.

GFI works to affect legal change through lobbying policy makers, writing op - eds, providing information to congressional offices, and researching potential regulatory pathways for cultured products.23 GFI also organized an event on Capitol Hill to promote plant - based meat that was co-sponsored by Beyond Meat.

A «country that works for everyone», is a country where the government does not allow private interests to come before the public interest, where access to power is democratic and not something enjoyed only by a privileged few through expensive lobbying, where in fact people can work hard and get on in life whatever the circumstances of their birth.

We campaign and lobby to make this a reality, and maximise family incomes through our welfare rights work, publications and training.

The firm has done a mix of political consulting and lobbying jobs, and is currently working on (through Catalfamo) Wendy Long's longshot bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

The BMF have a long record of lobbying on EU matters and working through FEMA (Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations) and the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), as well as having discussions with the UK government, the BMF have made the case for British motorcycling.

He announced the state will create a new website for students to lobby their state and national electeds on gun control, and also touted a bill working its way through the state legislature that would ban bump stocks — devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire at rates comparable to automatic rifles.

Fair Wisconsin Inc. works to build a fair, safe, and inclusive Wisconsin for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people by advancing, achieving, and protecting LGBT civil rights through lobbying, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building and electoral involvement.

Cunningham and her lobbying partner John Cordo each gave Cuomo $ 1,000 last summer, but worked through the winter to coordinate Cuomo's fund - raising efforts in Albany, in the days when he was waging stealth war against Paterson.

The company does work with the New York government, but Bruno doesn't see that as a problem, as all of their contracts are achieved through public bidding and state legislators are legally barred only from lobbying after retirement from office, not from taking other types of jobs.

Moreover, in order to reduce the power of money in politics and limit the influence of the donor class, lawmakers must work to increase the power of the people through public financing and strict lobbying regulations.

Of particular concern was the fact that the legal fees Silver earned through a real estate tax firm doing work for developers, one of which regularly lobbied Silver directly, never appeared on his disclosure forms.

NYU, which lobbies the state through the firm Wilson Elser, does not appear to have reported Lacewell's work.

It requires students find a problem in their community, research alternatives and work to solve it either through a project or lobbying for policy change.

And vigorous non-profit organizations exist to replicate great schools, overhaul the teaching profession, and work through the political process to lobby for reform.

MIPFS organizes grassroots lobbying efforts and direct lobbying of state policymakers on education issues; it also works to help parents form local organizations to support their schools and to change the current public discourse about public schools through education efforts.

Our next step as a library community is to start working to get these appropriations to flow to school libraries again through lobbying Local Education Agencies.

Through Best Friends» puppy mill initiatives, we are working to convince pet stores to offer pets for adoption instead of selling mill - bred pets, educate consumers about puppy mills, and create and lobby for humane legislation.

[11] The AKC also works through the NAIA, a lobbying organization for animal commerce and agriculture based in Portland, Oregon.

Even if you don't stay at the hotel, it's worth walking through the lobby just to see this gorgeous work.

Back through the Kruger in the lower level lobby lies «The Message: New Media Works.»

After passing through the lobby, where a wood - and - mother - of - pearl model of a house that served as a study for later works stands alongside a vitrine displaying printed matter featuring the «Bodyshells» (no longer extant outside of such documentation), one is greeted in the expansive main gallery by Untitled (Herrenzimmer), undated.

In partnership with the Village of Riverside, RAC is pleased to highlight exceptional work by local artists through these 2 - 3 month long exhibitions, which are located on the first floor lobby and are always free and open to the public during regular Town Hall business hours.

«Confrontation» (1971) hangs in the main lobby of the Hamilton building at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), where Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis, a major exhibition of Lewis's work will run through April 3, 2016.

Featuring a real working farm within the gallery, a farm stand in the museum lobby, sculptures used for farming, videos and other installations, as well as multiple satellite projects in the community, Green Acres presents farming as art through a wide variety of approaches.

The striped works feel like an artist working through a complex — and, as it turned out, influential — idea about the limits of painting; the later, 3D relief works feel like something «bold» that would be suitable for a generic, if high - end, corporate office building lobby.

Meanwhile, in Midtown, he has clad the Lever House lobby with basketball - print wallpaper and hung 10 Clippings, large still - life paintings of plants excerpted from his own previous works (through Jan. 4).

In addition to creating opportunities for people of all ages, levels and locations to have meaningful outdoor experiences, the Sierra Club works to safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and litigation.

Through their work building coalitions and alliances, the environmental groups were able to forge a network of organizations that spent a combined $ 229 million on lobbying across all issues.

Much of this has to do with the fact that ocean conservationists have not adequately participated in the political process through effective lobbying and electoral work.

Zuckerberg also expressed his support for the Honest Ads Act bill currently working its way through the Senate — despite Facebook having previously lobbied against it.

• Demonstrated ability to greet guests friendly and courteously, in sync with the hotel's standards and protocols • Highly experienced in operating courtesy shuttles and handling baggage for tours and / or dispatch purposes • Unmatched ability to recognize returning guests and welcome and escort them through the facilities • Qualified to store and retrieve luggage and other objects for guests, in accordance to hospitality standards and procedures • Proficient in ensuring that lobbies, bell closets and work areas are clean and presentable at all times • Highly skilled in safely and efficiently unloading luggage on curbsides, and promptly delivering it to guests» rooms • Hands - on experience in handling room service requests and assisting guests with laundry services • Deeply familiar with maintaining luggage carts and hailing taxis, and assisting with front desk and housekeeping tasks • Solid track record of efficiently delivering luggage, messages and packages to guests while maintaining the integrity of all items • Adept at informing guests of emergency procedures and operation of amenities within the room • Competent in inspecting guests» rooms for order and adequate supplies and timely providing items on loan to guests • Proven ability to provide assistance to concierge with her or his duties during busy periods, and manning the front desk as needed

Another example raises the question of what influences advocacy, this one from a woman lawyer and AFCC activist who inexplicably lobbies for joint custody and father's rights (and more therapeutic jurisprudence in the courts) even though the arrangement worked for neither herself as a child, nor, ultimately, her own daughter: [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «In personal life, we learn things about the day to day realities too, that influence the lenses through which we see life.

The National Association of Realtors also has worked to reinforce the role of agents through lobbying and advertising, sometimes in unconventional ways.