Sentences with phrase «unions came out against it»

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

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Uber's ongoing competitor Lyft also came out strongly against the ban, and said it would donate $ 1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over the next four years.

Mr Miliband can't come out too strongly against the action for fear of alienating the trade unions but he will resist being too positive because of expected public opposition.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

Only yesterday the manufacturing Community Union launched a scathing attack on the Conservatives, accusing the Tories of «ruling out anything which might help» after the party came out against regional development agencies.

Missouri GOP Senate candidates Sarah Steelman and Ed Martin have both come out against collective bargaining rights for public sector unions, after Sen. Claire McCaskill (D - Mo.)

But really, the unions in New York State are really behind the no vote push, and they're urging their members to come out and vote against the constitutional convention ballot question.

Trade unions came out fighting against the recommendation today, with TUC general secretary Brendan Barber saying Britain already had some of the most restrictive anti-strike laws in the western world.

General secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Christine Blower came out strongly against payment by results, calling it «total nonsense»:

«We are pleased that Ed Miliband has followed Nick Clegg's lead from last week and come out strongly against a for - profit motive in education,» said Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) general secretary Sally Hunt.

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

But the deal collapsed after the union representing carriage drivers came out against it, and the council never took up the issue.

The letter prompted strong opposition, with the National Union of Teachers coming out against the plans, arguing that a longer day would force parents and teachers to travel at busier times and be too exhausting for younger pupils.

And both the teachers and principals unions have come out against it.

The United Federation of Teachers, the teachers union in New York City, has come out strongly against the proposed outside evaluator piece.

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Clinton, who once supported charter schools, has come out against them in her 2016 presidential campaign and has won support from teachers» unions opposed to education reform efforts.

Yet now the union is coming out swinging against legislation intended to remove problem teachers from the classroom.

Everyone from nurses to transport workers is opposing the Dakota pipeline; other unions have come out against coal exports and fracking.