Sentences with phrase «union members even»

What's more, trade union members even get to have a say over where there money is spent.

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And only individuals may take a case to the PSLRB: unbelievably, unions are threatened with heavy fines if they help or even encourage a member to do this.

As to obligations of a more personal nature I have many people to thank — colleagues who have advised me, students at Union Theological Seminary who have stimulated me with their responsive interest, members of the congregation of The Riverside Church, New York, who, by their attentive listening to mid-week lectures on the subjects handled in this book, have kept alive my confidence that even difficult and recondite problems concerning the Bible are of vital, contemporary importance.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

But Americans are curiously unwilling to learn from Europe, even though almost all member - states of the European Union have better policies and lower rates of addiction than the U.S.. On other points, Massing is in agreement with the harm - reduction approach: he favors free needles, methadone treatment, decriminalization of marijuana and repeal of mandatory sentencing.

Here in communion with the brethren we come nearest to the Resurrection Body of Christ; and so Paul writes in the following Chapter 11 (a passage which has received far too little consideration) if this Lord's Supper were partaken of by all members of the community in a completely worthy manner, then the union with Jesus» Resurrection Body would be so effective in our own bodies that even now there would be no more sickness or death (1 Corinthians 1 1:28 - 30) a singularly bold assertion.

We find union members cynical even about their local unions in which at least technically they have a voice.

Nestle's systematic undermining of workers rights makes up a strategy of impoverishing the union members to the point that they are powerless to organize themselves, or even maintain a reasonable standard of living.

The first is about punishment: even with repeated interaction over infinite N periods, a defector member state that does not play by the «rules of the game» will be removed from the union, thereby hindering access to competitive advantages, be they technical learning through information exchange, energy development, increased trade and industrialisation, and so on.

The PLA requires that all (100 %) workers on the project be Union members... even though only 13 % of construction workers these days belong to a Union.

(Although since then Scottish Labour has again left the field with Kezia Dugdale quitting the leadership for love triggering a leadership battle between Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar that's increasingly unseemly even though left wing Leonard has already all but won thanks to the now normal Labour practise of signing up lots of union members on the cheap.)

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

The case, known as Janus v. AFSCME, was brought by Mark Janus, a public employee in Illinois who is challenging his state's policy of requiring that he pay union dues to the Illinois branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees even though he does not want to be a member.

Public - sector jobs make up a small percentage of the all jobs (15 % -10 %) with and even split of all union members, but the public sector has a significantly higher membership rate so it is unlikely that private / public union membership accounts for all the support that labor unions have in the USA.

Even though Blair and Mandelson need the soft left ministers and the unions to broaden their base while they whittle away members» rights and fight the left and centre - left — both the unions and the soft left are also in the firing line.

«As I researched the idea of promoting savings in our sector, the idea of credit union came into mind and I said that's it because it dawned on me that majority of the people don't have savings accounts, insurance cover or even pension schemes and since I became the Chairman of GHAMRO I really felt the pinch because every now and then I get calls from members asking for advance payment of their royalty to either pay school fees, settle medical bills or to even solve other financial problems then I've realized that this vacuum has to be filled because GHAMRO doesn't have a policy to pay this type of monies».

Even the Unite Union's Parliamentary branch for MPs» staff does not inform members, which may include Conservative and Lib Dem staffers that they are contributing to Labour Party coffers.

And I want us reaching out to the people who are not members of our party, not even members of the trade unions, to hear their voices too.

But even if that happens, unions might not be so inclined to support the WFP going forward, being slightly less generous in their contributions to its coffers and less enthusiastic in encouraging their members to cast general election votes on the WFP line.

The union barons claim that the reforms will wreck the lives of their hard - working and low - earning members, but these claims do not stand up to even the slightest scrutiny - more on this later, and they have very effectively sought to link this issue with the issue of deficit reduction.

He even took the unusual step of previewing his legislative priorities last month to UFT chief Mike Mulgrew and other members at the union's headquarters.

The tactics worked so well that even former Gov. George Pataki and Senate GOP leader Joe Bruno finally threw in the towel and gave the union what it wanted - in the form of billions of extra Medicaid dollars for the hospitals and nursing homes that employ 1199's members.

Both Lamont and Davidson secured big majorities in the union section (65 % and 61 % respectively) whilst even Lamont failed to win a majority amongst individual members by a long way, winning less than 37 % in the first ballot — Davidson won just a quarter of that section, whilst Cathy Jamieson won about 43 % in the last Leadership election in 2008 (admittedly in the second ballot — Lamont may also have achieved that had this gone to another round).

That's because the Civilian Complaint Review Board has not yet weighed in on the new rule for when police don't have a search warrant and the union is worried its members will be second - guessed by that group, which investigates police abuse allegations, or even face charges if they comply.

It ain't — even if a huge chunk of union members live outside the city and thus can't vote for de Blasio anyway.

Members of the state's second - largest public workers union have voted to approve a three - year contract with the state, the leaders of the Public Employees Federation announced Wednesday evening.

But in Oklahoma — unlike West Virginia — when state union leaders called members back to school, teachers returned, even though the legislature had budged no further.

Unions offer tuition scholarships to members — many of whom are city workers — to upgrade their skills by taking CUNY labor courses in certificate, undergraduate or even master's degree programs.

«The only union that matters in the district is the UFT,» he says, «and even their members are turned off by the leadership.

Members of the Unison trade union have backed a one - day walkout set to be even bigger than the 1926 General Strike.

Even Democrats favor the idea, (72 - 25), and voters with a union member in the household do, too (69 - 26).

Members of the union that represents CUNY faculty and student groups are opposing Cuomo's proposal and planning a Thursday evening march on Cuomo's New York City office.

The union members, who have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2006, also plan to express their growing frustration at an Orange County Legislature meeting scheduled to begin at 7:00 that evening.

But that doesn't mean taxpayers can just pay more and more, as the union would like, even as its members make little sacrifice.

Teachers, parents, union leaders and even some school superintendents and board members in New York are clothed in blue to show their concern for what they see as an overemphasis on testing, an under - emphasis on state education funding, and inequitable spending between districts.

Weingarten's push for Hochul drew some union members» ire at the time, but Cuomo's relationship with the state's teachers unions has gotten even worse since then, as he has pushed for more stringent evaluations.

On Feb. 26, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that boils down to the question of whether public - sector unions have a right to collect dues from workers they bargain on behalf of, even if they are not union members.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

Former Shadow Cabinet member Chuka Umunna said the Labour leader should support keeping the UK in the single market and the customs union even after it leaves the European Uunion even after it leaves the European UnionUnion.

He added: «The Labour Party's problem is not the link with trade unions, or even the relationship with Unite members - far from it.

Arguably, they will only be able to donate a comparable proportion of their discretionary funds as the percentage of members that opted into affiliation, but even then this would give several millions pounds of leverage to individual union leaders.

The union members, who have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2006, plan to express their frustration prior to a scheduled Orange County Legislature meeting that evening.

With further seat reductions possible if further member states join the European Union, there may be a need to consider whether the rules shaping the redrawing of European election boundaries needs to be revised (to possibly allow for larger constituencies — even a national constituency) or to also consider whether there may be scope for using an alternative set of electoral rules (e.g. a List system) in the specific case of European elections, especially if the option of having one single constituency for the entire State was to be pursued at a later date.

Mr Ford, a Democrat who is now a New Yorker, long opposed such unions, even backing a constitutional amendment to ban them as a member of the House.

Apparently not content with making up over 80 % of the party's donations, the unions are intent on seizing direct control through selecting its own placemen (and placewomen, if that's a word), even to the point of signing up hundreds of new party members to pack out votes.

Moreover, it remains the case that affiliated unions would prefer Labour to be in power than the Conservatives or a Conservative - led coalition (even if their members may not always vote Labour).

The speaker's race is the most inside - baseball election in the city — because it's open only to elected Council members, and even then heavily influenced by forces like county Democratic bosses and labor unions.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under intense pressure to take some personal responsibility for Labour's historic byelection defeat in Copeland from senior party figures, including trade union leaders and even members of his own shadow cabinet.

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before: although they will lose their block votes, some fear that the unions will use their formidable organisation machines to register large numbers of associate members, and then attempt to influence their votes.

Even more unusual, the Republican majority led by Conservative Joseph Lorigo drafted a proposal giving all full - time members of the blue - collar union a $ 1,000 one - time payment for 2016.