Sentences with phrase «union organizers»

Richards acted for West Coast Mazda as its firing of two union organizers was upheld by the B.C. Labour Relations Board in the 2010 decision.

In reaching this decision, the Board reasoned that workers should be entitled to interact with union organizers without fear of employer surveillance.

Gusta can't help but apply what she's learned from her activist father and his connections with immigrant workers and union organizers when she learns of an uncle who's out of work and can't pay for a factory - related surgery.

I understand the value of labor unions, having married into a family of union organizers, and when it comes to board business I try to be gracious and disarming, while being firm about what is in the best interests of children.

Parent union organizers distributed fliers summarizing four separate proposals to overhaul 24th Street Elementary in Los Angeles.

But the parent union organizers argued that the plan didn't go far enough, and that it didn't allow outside groups to submit proposals.

The board is comprised of union organizers and representatives of the traditional education colleges whose exclusive franchise would be threatened by a change in the requirements.

Union organizers have even shown up at teachers» homes after hours and during school breaks.

Indeed, the year leading up to the strike had proven to be a powerful opportunity for Chicago parents to bond with their children's teachers and union organizers.

The more costly the health insurance, the larger the flow of dollars into union accounts, and the fatter the pay check union organizers collect.

Union organizers also say that any agreement between individuals is subject to change unless it's written into a binding contract.

The cast includes union organizers who claim to have the support of most UC postdocs, an employer that asserts neutrality, and an unknown number of postdocs who oppose the union and are working to defeat its efforts to organize their approximately 5800 colleagues.

But she declined to sign the card after what she called «disturbing» visits from union organizers.

Those who oppose the union often do so on philosophical grounds, or because they object to tactics they claim were used by the union organizers.

Although the judge ruled on procedural grounds rather than the merits of the law, the decision gives hope to union organizers such as Andrea Jokisaari, a Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who has been active in the years - long effort to organize the campus's research assistants, The Chronicle» s Vimal Patel notes in another article.

He and his fellow union organizers in the student body hope that a victory at Harvard, in addition to the win earlier this month at Columbia University (currently being challenging by that university), will embolden students organizing at other private institutions.

Union organizers, politicians and the media learned that getting a hold of OWS was like trying to grab Jell - O with your bare hands.

Sean Ryan [email protected] Nonunion contractors are backing a federal bill that would protect them from hiring union organizers.

Hundreds of school children, parents and union organizers and leaders came to the Capitol to rally for more money for New York's schools.

Hundreds of school children, parents, union organizers and leaders came to the Capitol in Albany to rally for more money for New York's schools.

This scenario certainly wouldn't make life any easier for union organizers, but it's a leap to say that it would demolish them.

Joined by celebrities, government leaders and union organizers, angry protesters flooded Columbus Circle, Broadway and several blocks of Central Park West.

Paperwork signed by what union organizers say represents the majority of the current Wildcats football team was submitted Tuesday to the Chicago office of the National Labor Relations Board.

He ministered to union organizers and worked with other clergy in labor schools to prevent the spread of communism.

Consider union organizers.

Neither unions or union organizers or union sympathizers are permitted to disrupt the business of the employer (Just Us!).

«These allegations, which have been filed by the same contingent of union organizers who have been so outspoken with media, are entirely without merit,» the spokesman said in a statement.

Union organizers say that one - third to one - half of them have more than one job — like Mr. Shoy, who is 58 and supports a wife and children.

She was as a union organizer as a worker with the UFW in 70s and early 80s.

Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder was revealed in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers union organizer among immigrant farm workers in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut in half in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.

The agriculture minister's background as a paid union organizer raises serious questions about the real intent of Bill 6.

For instance, when a labor union organizer is introduced as the head of a corporation's labor relations department, he has switched sides.

By 1964 - 65, he had become a Union Organizer and was the Secretary of the Black Furnace Action Committee.

On the floor, sources say Alcantara pulled over members of the Nurses Association, where she had once worked as a union organizer, and asked them to take a photo of her with Stewart - Cousins.

Learn more about what it takes to be a union organizer fighting for the rights of hotel and gaming workers across New York and Northern New Jersey.

He started working for Local 6 in 1979, became a union organizer in 1980, Business Agent in 1981, and Vice President in 1984.

He worked as a union organizer fighting for good jobs and respect for workers and was elected President of the Community School Board for District 6, covering Washington Heights, Inwood and West Harlem.

AG Eric Schneiderman just announced his second round of appointments to key staff positions, tapping some veteran political hands and also a top union organizer who handled field for the state Democratic Party's coordinated campaign this fall.

The field includes Micah Lasher, a former top aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg; former Councilman Robert Jackson, union organizer Marisol Alcantara; and community activist Luis Tejada.

Taking his first name from Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley and his middle name from union organizer Alexander Bustamante, Mr. Blake decided to pursue a career in politics, and in 2005 had interned for Illinois State Senator Jeff Schoenberg.

Alcantara — who will replace outgoing Sen. Adriano Espaillat — said she had worked on the push for a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave in her capacity as a union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and she credits the five - member IDC for being able to push those measures through a Republican - controlled Senate that was cool to those issues.

With former Senator Adriano Espaillat poised to move into Congress, Jackson is vying for the seat along with Micah Lasher, a former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, union organizer Marisol Alcantara and activist Luis Tejada.

Peter List, a former union organizer who now works as a labor consultant, said Cuomo's bill should be seen in light of his tough primary fight with Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon.

He is a former chairperson of the Scottish Labour Party, former Assistant Secretary of the Scottish TUC and a current GMB union organizer.

Cecily McMillan is a 26 - year - old Occupy activist and union organizer who was convicted in May 2014 of allegedly assaulting a police officer on March 17, 2012.

A union organizer posted nasty things and was fired.

As a former union organizer, I know the critical role that labor has played in building the middle class and creating good jobs.

The union organizer won the Democratic primary for the Senate district that stretches from Washington Heights all the way down to Hell's Kitchen.

«I don't think it's right that 30 percent of our population [consists of] people of color yet our ticket doesn't reflect that,» said Zimmerman, a union organizer who lives in Newtown and recently opened an exploratory committee for a possible run for statewide office.

State Representative Bob Ehlers, Veteran John Joyal, Portsmouth Shipyard Union Organizer Chris Howe, President of the Manchester Postal Workers Brian Wazlaw, Fmr.