Sentences with phrase «union over candidate»

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His other challenge came out of my major moral claim, that any serious effort to reduce emissions by any significant amount, let alone the 60 - 80 % called for by the European Union and some of our presidential candidates, would destroy economies all over the world and condemn the poor to perpetual poverty - which is why China and India will have nothing to do with emissions caps.

A reader forwarded this invite to a reception the Queens Democratic Party is hosting on April 23 in honor of Hotel and Motel Trades Council President Peter Ward, whose union broke ranks with its usual progressive labor allies and backed the party's NY - 6 candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, over her main primary rival, Assemblyman Rory Lancman.

«As leaders of unions representing over half a million working New Yorkers, we held a conversation with the Speaker candidates so they could hear our members» concerns and share their own plans for the future of working people in our city.

All four candidates also said they would favor collective bargaining with city employee unions over possibly reducing pension benefits for new employees in order to rein in the budget, rather than a unilateral decision by the city.

Catsimatidis, who has contributed to a variety of candidates over the years, including the governor, loaned the plane for the trip after the governor had approved legislation that would benefit a biofuels plant he owns, according to the Times Union this week.

The tiff between the candidates over the financial health of New York State comes on the same day that a Siena College poll, conducted for the Albany Times Union newspaper, finds the majority of upstate New Yorkers are worried about money, and are treading water financially.

Ed Miliband has had his hand forced by the recent Falkirk scandal regarding the union's influence over candidate selections to publically acknowledge the need to overhaul the highly charged relationship.

In a final burst of campaign spending, the New York State United Teachers union over the weekend shelled $ 575,272 on mailers for Democratic candidates since Friday.

But in Sweet Home, incumbent Marianne Jasen won re-election over one of the two union endorsed candidates.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has said he is delighted the union has been «vindicated» over allegations of vote - rigging over the selection of a parliamentary candidate for Falkirk.

Allegations of union influence over Labour's selection of a new candidate for the Falkirk seat has prompted parties to review how they funded, and calls for a cap on donations.

Those unions, especially SEIU 1199, began supporting Republican candidates with dollars and field support and the Republicans rolled over like beagles for a tummy scratch.

The union embroiled in a scandal over their plans to unduly influence candidate selections has coincidentally seen its people top the ballot almost everywhere.

The union recently endorsed the third party candidate in the race over Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Rob Astorino.

«Hostilities within the Labour Party reached new heights yesterday as the party's biggest union donor claimed that it had been subjected to a «Kafkaesque» trial in a row over candidate selection.

These so - called «independent expenditure» campaigns are a growing force in New York elections: The New York State United Teachers union spent over $ 4 million to boost mostly Democratic candidates in 2012, and two downstate Super PACs spent over $ 500,000 supporting Duanesburg Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk's bid for state Senate.

The MP for Falkirk, Eric Joyce, has accused Unite union officials of acting arrogantly and irresponsibly in the row over the selection of a Labour candidate in the seat.

The head of the Unite union Len McCluskey has accused the Labour party of «picking the wrong fight» over the selection of a by - election candidate in Falkirk.

Thomson was elected as the Labor candidate in 2010 but excluded from the Labor Party caucus in 2012 over his involvement in the on - going Health Services Union affair.

Less heard from in the discussion over minor party influence is the union - backed Working Families Party, which polled fewer than 1,900 votes for its legislative candidates this year.

About one quarter of New York voters would vote for a liberal, union - backed candidate over Gov. Andrew Cuomo in this fall's election, according to a new poll out from Siena College Research Institute.

«What we want all the candidates to know right now is that the minute this Mayor's term is over, the new administration can count on having in this great union, the UFT, a partner who will work with you to make New York's public schools into the greatest schools system in the nation,» he added.

Earlier this year in the wake of the row over candidate selection in Falkirk, Ed Miliband announced that he wanted to reform the relationship between Labour and its affiliated trade union members.

So here, in this collection, I have drawn from various sources and experiences over time and around the world, ideas from inspectors and their reports, leadership training course tutors and candidates, school improvement ambassadors, union officials, faculty leaders, headteachers and principals in all their guises, governors, government officials, civil servants, councillors, parents, students, current, aspiring, ex and retired teachers, in the public, private, Academy, Charter, free, not - for - profit, voluntary and charitable sectors.

Still, in the normal course of events, teacher unions tend to have important advantages relative to other groups in both incentives and resources — so, that over the long haul, they often (but not always) succeed in getting their favored candidates into office.

In the sharpest exchange of the first, and most likely, only debate between the two leading gubernatorial candidates, GOP challenger Neil Kashkari on Thursday night accused Gov. Jerry Brown of putting the interests of teachers unions over those of students.

In April, all four on the Mayor's slate for the school board — not one of them with a child in public school — defeated a slate of candidates from the teachers» union that has long battled the Mayor over school choice.

Over the past five election cycles, the American Federation of Teachers has handed the Democratic Governors Association more than $ 5.5 million in money that was earned by America's teachers and given to their union with the intention that the funds would be used to support candidates and promote policies that support teachers and enhance public schools.

Voters, including union members, deserve the right to vote for a candidate who will look out for their interests, not just the option of choosing one failed politician over the other.

Over the weekend a quickly - formed school board candidate fund - raiser was put together by the Utah Technology Council, among others, with House Speaker Greg Hughes, R - Draper, and Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R - Sandy, called in to help raise money for some of the remaining school board incumbents feeling the heat from the Utah Education Association — the main teacher union in the state.

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The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

Despite the teacher union support, over $ 3 million of his own money, and a famous name in the state (his grandfather was a U.S. Senator for 36 years), Pell got 27 percent of the vote — good enough to come in third of three major candidates.

The theory behind these laws was that profit - making entities and powerful unions would have too much control over the government if they could use their war chests to elect their favored candidates to Congress.