Sentences with phrase «union challenged this decision»

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But the British - Indian entrepreneur admitted the capital faced a challenge from the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union in July 2016.

Beijing has challenged the European Union's decision to continue treating China as a non-market economy in determining anti-dumping duties.

A decision not to challenge Labour's position over Trident is being seen as a concession by the leadership towards the GMB union, which is strongly opposed to any shift in policy.

It was more about the trade unions believing they wanted Parliamentary representation - including to challenge court decisions - and the emerging ethical Socialist strands around the Fabian Society and other groups.

However we view the decisions of the Spring Conference, there is a challenge for all now to show that Labour is relevant to trade union members.

The unions challenged the Finance Ministry's decision to use Pension Alliance Trust as a sole trustee of the second - tier pension scheme for all employees on government's payroll.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartok discusses the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the Trump Administration's appeal of a Federal Judge's ruling on DACA and the political clout of labor unions being challenged in the Mark Janus Supreme Court case that began Monday.

The powerhouse health care workers union 1199 SEIU formally announced its endorsement decisions in five key upcoming House races, opting to shore up two veteran incumbents facing potential tough primary challenges and play favorites with two challengers in crowded primary contests.

But the judge stopped short of making a permanent decision about the city's plan, which is being challenged in lawsuit filed by the teacher's union.

Nolan also expressed her dismay over the recent decision by a SUNY committee that allows some charter schools to certify their own teachers — a move that is being challenged by the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, and its NYC affiliate, the UFT, both of which are longtime allies of the Assembly Democrats.

ALBANY, NY (04/13/2010)(readMedia)-- CSEA — New York's leading union — has taken the first formal steps in challenging Gov. David Paterson's decision to delay contractual pay raises for nearly 70,000 CSEA - represented state Executive branch employees.

In a decision that could affect the immigration plan President Barack Obama announced on 20 November, a federal judge decided on 21 November that the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), an organization based in Bellevue, Washington, and affiliated with the national Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, can bring a lawsuit challenging the federal government's right to extend by executive action the authorization for foreign students to work in the United States under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.

The Boston school committee has rejected a tentative agreement with the Boston Teachers Union, prompting threats of a strike and a legal challenge to its decision.

Yet if the justices consider public opinion next term, it will be a straightforward decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case challenging the California «union shop» law that levies an agency fee on all teachers who refuse to join a union.

«Our members will continue to challenge sexist stereotypes in the classroom; the National Education Union will challenge unlawful discrimination in pay decisions.

Labour's decision to drop its opposition to free schools — a direct challenge to the local authority stranglehold over state schooling — is likely to anger trade unions, although union bosses yesterday welcomed moves to outlaw teachers without formal qualifications.

The decision hands teachers» unions a major defeat in a landmark case, one that could radically alter how California teachers are hired and fired and prompt challenges to tenure laws in other states.

«We could have rolled this out in a more thoughtful way, where teachers felt more engaged and valued prior to using them for personnel decisions,» said Evan Stone, the director of the New York chapter of Educators 4 Excellence, a teacher coalition created to challenge the strength of national teachers» unions.

School leaders face a landmark decision that will shape the future direction of their union as either a professional association or campaigning force after a headteacher won the right to challenge the leadership favourite.

Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, added: «Our members will continue to challenge sexist stereotypes in the classroom; the National Education Union will challenge unlawful discrimination in pay decisions.

Janus wants the Supreme Court to overturn its 1977 decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, a case brought by a Detroit public school teacher who challenged a Michigan law that required him to pay agency fees to the Detroit Federation of Teachers (in an amount equivalent to the union's dues), even though he refused to join the union.

In what may be among the first of many lawsuits over the new evaluations — which have been adopted by multiple states — the Florida teachers union is challenging the state's use of test scores in decisions about which teachers are fired and which receive pay raises.

It's unclear whether the Houston school district will now negotiate a settlement with the teachers union or end up back in court, but either way, the decision comes at a significant time for the test - based accountability movement, which has faced a number of legal and political challenges over the past several years.

By Christopher Magan Twin Cities Pioneer Press «Attorneys for parents challenging Minnesota teachers union laws asked an appeals court panel Wednesday to overturn a lower court's decision to... Learn More

In a statement reported by the Orlando Sentinel, teachers union president and lead plaintiff Joanne McCall expressed frustration with the courts» decisions, and asked: «Who is allowed to challenge the constitutionality of the tax credit vouchers?»

Adrian was a founder of the Committee to Save Cooper Union, an organization of students, faculty and graduates that mounted a successful legal challenge to this decision.

A group of students, faculty members and alumni mounted a legal challenge to the decision by Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art to begin charging tuition this fall.

An article in some editions last Saturday about a court hearing on a legal challenge to the decision by Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art to begin charging tuition to undergraduates this fall referred incorrectly to the students who paid for classes at Cooper Union in the 19th century.

The decision is the latest twist in a saga dating back to 2016, when the Fire Brigades Union raised a legal challenge on behalf of 6,000 members about age discrimination, equal pay, race discrimination and sex discrimination.

«Immigration law is a challenging, but rewarding, area of the legal profession, and is becoming ever more important as a result of Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

He recently represented the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees in the Supreme Court of Illinois in the Matthews case, which challenged the constitutionality, under the Illinois State Constitution, of the CTA's pension reform agreement with its unions (decision pending).

As a pupil, Zac was also involved in: R (on the application of RWE Generation UK Plc) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2016] 1 CMLR 17, a challenge against a decision modifying the charges imposed on users of the National Grid (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); Speed Medical Examination Services Ltd v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 3585, a judicial review challenging reforms to the process for handling whiplash claims (as a pupil assisting Gerard Rothschild); and an application for interim relief by a company that had been redesignated under a European Union sanctions regime (as a pupil assisting Maya Lester).

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision in the case of the unions» constitutional challenge to the government's use of employment insurance surpluses.

The current EU system provides that an individual may challenge his or her designation by either asking the EU Council to reconsider its decision or by challenging the legality of the imposition of restrictive measures via the General Court of the European Union - often for reasons such as failure to specify sufficient details in the reasons for listing.

Undeterred by the result in Entrop, employers continued to implement random drug and alcohol testing policies in the years following the decision and unions continued to challenge these polices at arbitration.

In July 2013 the trade union Unison commenced judicial review proceedings in the High Court («Unison 1») in which it challenged the Lord Chancellor's decision to make The Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Fees Order 2013 (SI 2013/1893)(the «Fees Order»).

R (Sarkandi and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWHC 2359 (Admin)-- challenge to the Foreign Secretary's decision to propose, to the European Union Council of Ministers, the imposition of sanctions on the claimants.

The above leaves the OCTAA enforcement regime vulnerable to abuse by competitor trade unions seeking to challenge jurisdictional agreements or decisions through the back door.

On March 14 2018 the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered judgment on Astellas Pharma v Helm AG and FIMEA in which Astellas challenged a previous decision..

We helped these clients lodge a challenge with the General Court of the European Union seeking annulment of the Commission's decision and an appeal against the recovery requests from the Belgian tax authorities.

In the wake of the election of Trump and the UK decision to leave the European Union, Poelina said there is also a challenge for academics and experts to better communicate science in a language that is understood by ordinary people.