Sentences with phrase «union leaders worried»

Union leaders worry that the measure could drive down teacher pay and eliminate collective bargaining altogether.

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Judy Darcy is another union leader who serves a primarily female membership, and they are telling her they are very worried about the future.

Yesterday, the leader of the Washington D.C. police union told the Washington Post he's worried that police resources could be insufficient during Inauguration weekend because of extended hours for clubs, bars and restaurants.

And the leader of the union of head teachers has warned that children from European backgrounds are worried they may be forced to leave the UK.

Nick Robinson thinks Alan Johnson will be missed: «Alan Johnson was picked for the job because the former postman who rose to be his union's leader and then a cabinet minister could connect with the working class voters Labour had lost touch with and yet was a Blairite who worried about government spending too much.

While unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaders.

Weingarten, a nationally prominent teachers union leader, said there is great worry about «not knowing» whether those services will be there.

Teachers are increasingly frustrated that district and union leaders can not reach a new agreement to replace their long - expired contract.Business officials consider the city school district the greatest obstacle to the region's economic development.Political leaders are worried as well about the direction of the still - struggling city schools.Throughout the city, stakeholde...

Ms. Noerdlinger's boyfriend problem is just more grist for the mill for Mr. Mullins and other union leaders, who are spinning the idea that the mayor's reforms are making the city less safe — Mr. Mullins going so far as to place a paid advertisement in newspapers urging the Democratic National Convention not to come to town because New York is «lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger - infested public spaces, and families that walk our streets worried for their safety.»

Yet Bernard Lucas, president of the Council of School Officers, the union representing D.C. principals and assistant principals, worries that New Leaders are leapfrogging over other job applicants.

He says there were plans eventually to offer the autonomy to all qualifying principals because their union worried about the New Leaders becoming a «favored group of principals with tools that other principals did not have.»

Mark Cannizzaro, the executive vice president for the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union representing New York City principals, says that while the renewed focus on school discipline has been very welcome, his members worry about the degree to which school leaders are losing their authority.

All teachers will still be awarded raises from the same pool of money for traditional public schools, and Pike, the union leader, worries that pool will shrink over time, particularly as the state spends more on private school vouchers and charter schools.

Since their controversial endorsement of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, leaders of the largest teachers» union in Connecticut have portrayed the governor as the defender of what teachers worry about most: the future of their pensions.

Some observers worried that states that submit strong, reform - minded applications that are not supported by union leaders will not have a chance in the second round.