Sentences with phrase «union president»

One area in which I've done a few research updates is that of teachers union president leave time.

Moving from ideas to implemented programs will present an unprecedented leadership challenge for local union presidents.

I am a concerned union member and former union president.

My building principal and union president knew and were supportive, but I had asked them to respect my privacy.

How much are you paying the local teachers union president?

What local union president is worth a quarter million in salary?

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

The student occupiers released a list of demands (shown below), which include the resignation of Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha, a public affirmation of «the college's commitment to free education» and more transparency from the Board of Trustees.

The Los Angeles teachers union president said Sunday he was organizing a «massive boycott» of The Times after the newspaper began publishing a series of articles that uses student test scores to estimate the effectiveness of district teachers.

«These numbers come as no surprise, given the fact that the mayor has previously said that his ideal would be to double class size,» said teachers union president Michael Mulgrew.

Appel and fellow spokesperson Audrey Snyder restated the student occupation's three primary demands: a reaffirmation by the Cooper Union administration of the school's commitment to free education; increased accountability and transparency from the board of trustees, including the appointment of student and faculty members to the board; and the removal of Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha.

The teachers union, previously headed by Hillary Clinton supporter and national teachers union president Randi Weingarten, was a founding partner of the political party.

Murray Huberfeld, indicted last week with Correction Union President Norman Seabrook, is a trustee.

Lovett also reports this morning that the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union is not happy with the WFP, with union President Stuart Applebaum specifically citing the party's decision to back Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the recent New York Democratic presidential primary.

On May 29, 1997, Commissioner Stern and Cooper Union President John Jay Iselin presided over a ceremony commemorating the monument, at which the United States Merchant Marine Academy Band performed.

Los Angeles teachers union President Warren Fletcher has announced a new push to reduce class sizes in the wake of a «no confidence» vote by his members against LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP)-- A former union president in northwest Iowa has been sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling more than $ 95,000 from the organization.

«The members of the RWDSU have been able to count on the support of Francisco in the fights for our members,» said union President Stuart Appelbaum.

«We couldn't have said it better,» one of the AFL - CIO's bloggers posted about President Obama's answer to the question posed to President Obama on Wednesday by union President Richard Trumka.

Rumore was recently reelected as union president by a thin margin in a low turnout.

As the current Student Union president at Stuyvesant, and the Manhattan Borough Student President, he's learned about compromise — but also sticking to the issues that matter, he said.

She told SEIU health care workers union President George Gresham that in order to implement an increase for home care workers who are often paid very low wages, Cuomo will have to re-examine the cap on Medicaid spending.

COIB's announcement of the fines, and Stringer's scrutiny of Department of Correction spending, comes the same day that a jury is reportedly deadlocked in the corruption trial of former correction union president Norman Seabrook, who is accused of making a deal with a hedge fund to pocket $ 60,000 in exchange for agreeing to steer union money into the fund, which has since been revealed as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent memory.

Several trustees admitted to not fully understanding what was going on during the tenure of former Cooper Union President George Campbell Jr., who oversaw the construction of a shiny new building and took on a massive loan to pay for it.

Baltimore Teachers Union president Marietta English, left, hugs volunteers at the conclusion of voting for a teachers» contract in 2010.

You combine that with an actual threat, if there was one, and the move makes a little more sense,» said Rochester Police Union President Mike Mazzeo.

«I appreciate (them) helping a sister officer because that could have been their mother, wife or sister,» said correction officers union president Norman Seabrook...

But a new report based largely on interviews with 30 local union presidents who each have spent less than eight years in office paints an evolved picture of leaders who are often involved in collaborative relationships with their school superintendents; who have to work constantly to balance the needs of a new generation of teachers with the needs of older members; and who see the importance...

«From creating good jobs to fighting corruption, Senator Schneiderman has been a champion for working New Yorkers,» said union President Mike Fishman.

When the new union president took over, Evans and five other employees lost their jobs.

The Los Angeles teachers union, UTLA, attacked a proposed expansion of charter schools in LA Unified with a robo - call to district teachers from union president Alex Caputo - Pearl, vowing to fight the education reform foundations behind the effort.

In Strasbourg earlier today the European parliament heard from European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, who indicated that he expected an intergovernmental treaty between the EU's member states - minus Britain - could be ready to sign by March.

New York teachers union president Richard C. Iannuzzi said in a statement that the changes are outside the scope of the law.

In a statement, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President Stuart Appelbaum pointed to Peralta's support for legislation such as strengthening the Wage Theft Prevention Act and pushing for on - call scheduling reform.

Citizens Union president Dick Dadey proposed «reform light» last week, in which LATFOR's work is inherited by a panel of legislative appointees who aren't legislators.

In Washington, D.C., one of the first places in the country to use value - added teacher ratings to fire teachers, teacher - union president Nathan Saunders likes to point to the following...

Newark Teachers Union President Joseph Del Grosso said yesterday that he recognized the value of using videotape to put a mirror up for teachers to see themselves at work.

Hourly Employees Union President Paul Catalano said he agrees MLK Day should be observed by the town, but he said it has not been on the table in contract negotiations for more than three years.

«This decision denies Correction Officers an opportunity to oust a corrupt union president from office,» griped attorney Phillip Seelig, who was representing union prez hopeful William Valentin.

Firefighters union President Steve Cassidy says the mayor's proposed cuts «threatens the safety of civilians and firefighters alike.»

Firefighters Union president Bob Powers says his group worked cooperatively with the city to identify ways to recover costs for critical advance life support services and ensure minimum staffing levels across Albany.

But to me, the disappointing fact remains that the same arrangements remain to let Poudre's teachers union president take the year off to work for the union mostly at public expense.

Tempers exploded among the NYPD's rank - and - file yesterday when insurgent PBA members blasted union President Pat Lynch for demanding an apology from de Blasio instead of focusing on the safety of officers.

Local IBEW 97 labor union president Ted Skerpon said the past year has been a roller coaster for the employees he represents at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant and the nearby Nine Mile Point Nuclear Facility.

Overheard on Acela: Teachers» Union President Plots to Shut Puerto Rico Schools From First Class Car

Broward teachers union president Anna Fusco said the union and the evaluation department plan to send teachers a survey soon to find out their biggest gripes related to evaluations.

Less than 23 percent of the 40,000 members of United Teachers of Los Angeles cast ballots in the final round of voting for union president in 2011, the union's last leadership election.

In Los Angeles, teachers had a chance to vote out the current union president, Alex Caputo - Pearl, who threatens a «state crisis» if his leftist demands aren't embraced.