It ain't — even if a huge chunk of
union members live outside the city and thus can't vote for de Blasio anyway.
While advancements have been made, there are still far too many trade
union members living with life - changing injuries because of road accidents.
Not exact matches
Despite trade
unions» stated commitment to their
members» work -
life balance, it is workplaces covered by collective agreements that are typically the most rigid about the time and place of work.
But only 46 % believe
unions do a good job of improving their
members»
lives as well as the
lives of others — in spite of data that proves the contrary time and time again.
Legislation introduced in September by D.C. Council
member Vincent B. Orange (D - At Large) and backed by a hotel workers»
union would limit hosts to one listing at a time and require hosts to
live on - site during guests» stays.
During this time,
members of Institutes of Consecrated
Life and of Societies of Apostolic
Life are asked to work towards the new evangelisation with a renewed
union to the Lord Jesus, each according to their proper charism, in fidelity to the Holy Father and to sound doctrine.
Yet, like the state, the school, the business and the labor
union, the institutional church has its own distinctive sphere and task — not to save us from the state, once again, but to mediate God's saving grace, to nurture its
members in the faith and to support them in
living the
life of obedience before God in Christ.
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.
1) While this is a NYC
union, it's a safe bet that at least some of its 11,000
members are Long Island residents (The NYPD requires all of its cops to
live in the city or designated «resident counties», which include Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Nassau and Suffolk);
At 6:30 p.m., Sen. Michael Gianaris, Assembly
members Nicole Malliotakis and Rodneyse Bichotte and NYC Councilman Corey Johnson are panelists as part of the Citizen's
Union civic conversation, «A Day in the
Life of New York Legislators,» CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.
Carl Korn, spokesman for New York State United Teachers, said the state's largest teacher
union is encouraging its
members to wear orange — the color adopted by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas students since the shooting — to honor the
lives lost.
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.
Sheehan spent most of her State of the City address drowned out by chanting
union members and Black
Lives Matter protesters.
The Bronx, represented by Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (and at least a handful of Bronx Council
members), with backing from the retailers
union and the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance (KARA), wants Related to require their Armory mall tenants to pay a
living wage ($ 10 an hour, plus benefits).
Diaz, the entire Bronx Council delegation, along with
members of the Northwest Bronx Comnunity and Clergy Coalition and the city's biggest retail workers
union, fought for
living wage jobs as part of a Community Benefits agreement with the developer, the Related Companies, but a deal couldn't be worked out.
«We see what is going on in Washington and we know that we need to keep the progressive leadership we have here in New York that has enabled
union members like me to have a middle class
life and provide a bright future for our kids,» said 32BJ Executive Board
member Sabrina Ladson, a security officer who works in the Bronx.
The
Union will also be consulting
members in schools where the cost of
living award has not been paid with a view to taking escalated industrial action in those schools.»
He urged
members of the
union and drivers to be law abiding, adding that the operation was meant to prevent avoidable traffic accidents and save
lives.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services
union have launched a campaign to increase their pay to the «London
living wage» of # 7.85 an hour.
On Tuesday, Bloomberg surprised followers by delaying signing the bill after
members of the Transportation Workers
Union complained that the move to headsets could jeopardize the jobs of
live tour guides if bus operators decide to replace them with recordings.
Recycling and waste - transfer drivers who are
members of the Teamsters
union received midyear increases as well as a 2 percent cost - of -
living raise for 2018, amounting to a 15 percent pay hike.
«Only one sentence needs to be added to that bill,» said Fleming, who had the support of other
union members worried that tour bus companies would transition from
live operators to audio tapes if the pass became law in its current form.
A fight over disability pension benefits escalated on Friday, with the de Blasio administration defending its proposal and police and fire
unions and
members of the City Council claiming it short - changes uniformed workers, forcing them to choose between a better line - of - duty pension or a higher cost - of -
living increase after retirement.
They are the issues that affect the
lives, well - being and futures of all New Yorkers, whether or not they are
union members.
«We know that Jessica will be an aggressive fighter for the residents of Queens and will bring the same passion that she has for improving the
lives of her
Union members to the New York State Senate.
Union volunteers made 40,000 calls in the district and did extensive outreach to the 5,800 NYSUT
members who
live in the 9th District.
D'Amato, 80, now a Republican lobbyist, has told how the alleged incident occurred in 2002 when he was working with an insurance company that wanted to sell
life insurance to
members of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, or COBA — the
union Norman Seabrook headed until his corruption arrest last year.
«As our opponents know, when the labor movement is thriving we not only raise the wages, benefits and conditions of employment of
union members; we raise the standard of
living and quality of
life of all working people,
union or not,» Cilento said.
«As a
union organizer, a tenant advocate, and a community board
member, I've been an activist my entire
life, and I am ready to take my experience and values to Albany,» Alcantara said Tuesday.
A
member of the education select committee, as well as the GMB
union, most of her working
life has been in education.
The
union targeted not only Buffalo teachers, but all
members of New York State United Teachers who
live in the city.
«Shout out to all the New York City organizers, all the
union members, all the immigrant organizers, all the Black
Lives Matter organizers, and all those who continue to resist every day,» she continued.
She's also probably like at least some
unions on her side and a stamp of approval from the many council
members who are for the
living wage.
At a hastily - called press conference at City Hall, Quinn, who was joined by fellow council
members and the head of the retail workers»
union, announced plans to introduce a new «
living wage» bill that will force developers receiving more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the $ 7.25 minimum wage.
Today, one health care
union is running a pro-Cuomo ad after getting a «
living wage» provision for raises for its
members as part of Cuomo's Medicaid overhaul.
The new
members come from all walks of
life, including an analyst for the Fire Department, an award - winning documentary filmmaker, two retirees and an employee of the city's hotel workers»
union.
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) and
Life Member of the American Geophysical
Union (1997 Editors Award for Excellence in Refereeing).
It helps its
members to find out true love in
life, which may result in marital
union as well.
Our commitment to detailed research means that we endeavour to ask questions which might explain the failure of many
member states to
live up to their responsibilities and the degree to which the European
Union as a whole is treating people that are being in vulnerable and desperate circumstances.
UFT
members are involved in the
life of the
union at every level, and the more active they are, the stronger our
union is.
«In a recent survey, initial findings have found that National Education
Union teacher
members feel that excessive workload is blighting their
lives and driving them from the profession.
The mission of the American Federation of Teachers is, «to improve the
lives of our
members and their families; to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations; to strengthen the institutions in which we work; to improve the quality of the services we provide; to bring together all
members to assist and support one another, and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our
union, in our nation and throughout the world.»
Weingarten declined to comment on the sum the AFT spent, but the consultant said that most of the money went to unlimited and unregulated communication with
union members, intense outreach to the
union's more than 2,000
members in the district and to the between 30,000 and 40,000 AFL - CIO
members in Washington, D.C.. Each group received three mailings and several
live calls; the
union also did its own polling on the race.
That
union leaders don't think twice about
living extravagantly at their
members» expense is typical of the nature of unionism in the U.S. today.
Zachary Herrnstadt is government relations associate for the Wisconsin Farmers
Union, a
member - driven organization committed to enhancing the quality of
life for family farmers, rural communities and all citizens through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors and civic engagement.
This sort of divisive duplicity — paid for, by the way, by mandatory teacher dues — damages educators» reputations and hurts schoolchildren, particularly those not privileged enough to
live in South Brunswick and West Babylon, Anti-testing sentiments will subside, but
unions risk long - term damage to the reputations of their
members.
Unlike its
union brethren in the Big Apple, NJEA is urging its
members to participate in Black
Lives Matter in Schools Week.
Lily Eskelsen Garcia is the president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest educators
union with more than 3 million
members, and has spoken out in support of the Movement for Black
Lives platform.
We as a
union believe that our students, their parents, and other community
members should make their own decisions about their
lives.
The teachers
unions are starting to remind me of a man at sea flailing away for help, but the courts, the general public and even many of their own
members are not not throwing out a
life raft.