Sentences with phrase «union support for»

California, Michigan, and Wisconsin, among others that didn't win in the first round, were criticized by the peer reviewers for not having union support for their plans to improve teacher and principal effectiveness based on student performance.

Thus, a pattern was set of union collaboration with business interests looking to undermine the power and influence of teacher unions, a collaboration that still exists today as evidenced by union support for the Common Core.

But union support for performance - based compensation, especially when the plan involves student test scores, is anything but a given.

Tennessee, a historically low - achieving state, won about $ 500 million in the first round with an application that garnered bipartisan and teachers» union support for, among other things, basing 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation on student performance data.

But through negotiation and «real compromise,» Mr. Cardona said, Mr. Benigni managed to win over union support for controversial changes, including the use of community organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA to help staff the program.

This week, Maryland provided the latest surprise: Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is seeking union support for reelection, proposed tighter rules for teachers to qualify for tenure and opened the door to broader use of test scores to evaluate them.

Arizona also boasted a nearly 30 - percentage - point increase in teachers» union support for its plan in round two.

Mr. Duncan praised the two states, which edged out front - runners Florida and Louisiana, for mustering strong district and teachers» union support for their plans, for having superior data systems, and for submitting comprehensive proposals that touched «every single child» statewide.

The most telling example may be in New York, where the simultaneous effort to change testing and accountability fueled intense concerns about how the tests would affect teacher job security, engendering fierce backlash and strong teachers union support for the «opt - out» movement.

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools — or play it politically safe by backing programs that brought only marginal changes.

Labour can not take union support for granted, but historically, unions have opted to support the party rather than let it collapse as the alternative for them is less edifying.

Democrats and unions see the measure as an attack on workers» rights and an attempt to cripple union support for Democrats.

Organized labor should also start seriously supporting candidates in primary elections against those Democrats who are taking union support for granted and who have turned their backs on working people in general.

L - R: Vice President, European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), Mr Jose Teixeira, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and West Africa, Mr. Ketil Karlsen and Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmmod Yakubu (right) at the Project Launch of the European Union Support for Democratic Governance (EU - SDG), held in Abuja on 1st February.

L - R: Vice President, European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), Mr Jose Teixeira, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and West Africa, Mr. Ketil Karlsen and Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmmod Yakubu at the Project Launch of the European Union Support for Democratic Governance (EU - SDG), held in Abuja on 1st February.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a labor - backed bill Thursday to help shield public employee unions from a looming US Supreme Court decision, as he works to lock down union support for...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a labor - backed bill Thursday to help shield public employee unions from a looming US Supreme Court decision, as he works to lock down union support for a third term.

Alexander Acosta, who stepped up to replace fast - food CEO Andy Puzder, has received some early union support for his labor secretary nomination.

In case you missed it, despite heavy union support for the bill, three trade unions came out against it.

UFT delegates at the Jan. 17 Delegate Assembly overwhelmingly passed a series of resolutions reaffirming union support for civil, human, labor and education rights.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It will also have to negotiate increased pressure on labor costs, with unions having called for a strike on Feb 22 to support demands for a 6 percent pay increase.

Google co-founder and president of Alphabet Sergey Brin, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Soviet Union, joined protesters at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night to show his personal support for refugees and immigrants and was snapped by Forbes writer Ryan Mac, whose tweet was widely shared.

It started with Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March, and it has been followed by a cascading series of punches and counterpunches: U.S. sanctions on Kremlin officials, Putin's support for Ukraine separatists, more penalties against Russia, and then counter-sanctions as Russia banned the U.S., the European Union, Norway, Australia, and Canada from selling billions of dollars» worth of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meats to Russia.

That said, the outpouring of support for parties that contest the terms of the bailout plan would likely lead to some renegotiation of the terms — extensions on aid repayments, for instance, or perhaps even some kind of stimulus funding from the European Union.

«It's not uncommon for Unions to band together in support of each other during difficult contract negotiations,» Southwest's senior vice president of labor relations, Randy Babbitt, told Fortune in a statement.

Google co-founder and Alphabet President Sergey Brin — who came to the U.S. from the Soviet Union — joined protesters at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night to show his personal support for the travelers caught up in Trump's order.

The Province of Ontario, organized labour, senior's groups and 78 % of respondents to a union - sponsored Environics poll have all indicated strong support for the CPP option.

The rising support for the far right is the biggest concern for market players when they look at France and the wider European Union.

On Friday, those constituents helped scuttle a plan for China and the European Union to issue a joint statement of support for the Paris climate accord at high - level trade talks in Brussels.

During her tenure at the Department of Labor, Chao was criticized for supporting the interests of industry over concerns raised by unions.

Like Cameron, Miliband sounded like a lover pleading for his partner not to leave, telling an audience of Labour supporters near Glasgow that he supported Scotland with «head, heart and soul,» and promising change if the union stuck together.

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Only emergency support from the ECB is keeping the banks afloat and saving Greece from a chaotic euro exit that would inflict more pain on its people and gravely damage the currency, the strongest symbol of the EU's drive for an «ever closer union» on a continent once ravaged by two world wars.

Like most employees, the union supports the company's retraining efforts, understanding their necessity and the perils that the alternative holds for the workforce.

Polls show strong support for Merkel's CDU and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), which together have about 40 percent.

The company was accused of using data inappropriately harvested from Facebook to support the «Vote Leave» campaign for Britain to exit the European Union.

Madrid can confound elite consensus and move aggressively to restructure Spain's external debt while redefining its participation in the euro, for example by leaving the euro while committing credibly (i.e. with German support) to rejoin the currency union at some specified future date.

This nationalist discourse — Bob White declaring that he would «wrap the fucking flag» around himself to fight for union jobs — contrasted with an American localism that was ineffective in marshalling political support to stem the tide of rust.

It's expected that Canada's support for this plan will be announced at today's meeting in Montreal of agriculture ministers from Japan, United States, Australia, European Union and Canada.

The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union organization that is part of lobbyist Rick Berman's family of front groups, received $ 1.55 million between 2007 and 2010 from the Bradley Foundation and spent heavily to support Walker and smear teachers unions with an anti-union website during the 2011 fight over public sector collective bargaining rights.

Greeks» growing support for the far left and far right means governing the restless country and implementing the massive extra spending cuts that the European Union wants to see will be harder than ever.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs to shore up support at home for his plan, while euro - area finance ministers meet Wednesday to prepare the ground for a second, scheduled summit of European Union leaders Thursday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP)-- Three small opposition parties are calling for a boycott of a government - sponsored referendum seeking support for opposing any future European Union plans to resettle refugees among member countries.

But many American practices go against the grain of the more comfortable and communitarian cultural systems of their own societies - the Japanese with life - long employment for their workers, the Germans with their unions having a say in management under co-determination, and the French with their government supporting the right of unions to pressure business from retrenching, by requiring large compensation to be paid to laid - off workers.»

And this Sunday, on the eve of the Paris summit, PSAC and other union members will be turning out in support, marching in Ottawa for a 100 % clean energy economy by 2050.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.

It takes three months, but support for the new militancy among Catholic unions helps the workers win a collective agreement.

Union rallied community support Tuesday for workers at XPO Logistics facility in Memphis.

Marr also mischaracterizes Daniel Webster, who opposed slavery and opposed its extension into the territories but was willing to make political compromises about slavery to preserve the Union; who fully expected slavery to gradually disappear in the Southern states; who supported plans for the colonization of freedmen outside the United States; and who in general held views on the subject that were strikingly similar to those of his follower and ardent admirer, Abraham Lincoln.