Sentences with phrase «unions fighting against them»

If they manage to achieve that, they then have to face the full weight of their local, state, and national unions fighting against them.

The tougher choices down the road could include major cuts in state education spending — the political third rail for many lawmakers; or what are euphemistically called «revenue enhancers,» also known as higher or new taxes; or a cap on state spending, which such powerful labor groups as the teachers and health - care workers unions fight against tooth and nail.

In the film, the single mom teams up with others to turn the failing school into a charter school and the teachers union fights against reforms, such as greater teacher accountability and more school choice.

Not exact matches

But he said CUP owes most of its identity to Catalonia's own history of workers and leftist movements, including 1930s radicals from pre-dictatorship Catalonia — when anarchists, communists and militant workers unions were among those who fought a losing 1936 - 39 war against Francisco Franco's fascist forces.

The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, said Monday that «the fight against corruption needs to be advanced, not undone.»

Unions fought fiercely against the lay - off last year, the strike went on for three months and the workers were violently repressed by the police.

Mothers» Union have warned against a «weakening resolve» in the global fight for women's empowerment.

The struggles include fighting for the rights of the child (International Convention of 1989) and in particular the right to organise and educate the growing number of children in work, for the freedom of trade unions, the right to strike, against company closures due to the search for greater profitability.

The ten years (1979 - 1989) of war against Soviet Union occupation, fought with the military support of the USA, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, ruined the country enormously.

In a bizarre irony, the players» union — Don Fehr and Gene Orza and the lot — which had fought ferociously against drug testing, failed to ensure that the results from a 2003 survey test remained anonymous.

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.

Smith also suggested Corbyn had failed to fight hard enough against Brexit because he «never really liked the idea of the European Union».

I will fight to ensure dignity and a living wage for all New York State workers, and will stand strongly against any attempts by the federal government to undermine unions.»

«Unions are a powerful weapon in the fight against inequality, wage stagnation and a system that doesn't represent the needs of a large majority of American workers.»

«Mine is a practical view that if we stay in the European Union we can fight against things.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Hours after the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for what it called the unequal treatment, abuse and denial of rights of farmworkers, the governor said he won't fight it in court.

The UK has a long legacy of leading the fight against global poverty, and it's essential that we use our influence to ensure the European Union also delivers on the 0.7 % commitment as it develops its budget from 2014 — 20.

The union has been heavily involved in policy battles at the state Capitol over the past year, weighing on the fight against both the soda tax and wine - in - grocery stores (both dead for the time being).

A David Miliband victory would also undermine the fight against the explicit attempt to marginalise / destroy the trade union link to Labour.

Sources said Mulgrew announced at the convention that the union will run a Democratic primary fight against Manhattan Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, who has proposed a bill to curb the «last hired, first fired» provision that protects veteran teachers from layoffs.

Teacher's unions fought bitterly against the governor's proposals.

In 2011, the group fought against Cuomo's proposed property tax cap, which the union contends chokes off school funding.

Workers organized into unions to fight against a sixteen hour working day as well as unsafe working conditions.

He said that Rowland turned his experience fighting public employee unions against efforts to organize Apple workers.

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.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up the fight against trafficking in human beings and forced labour; believes that the fight against forced labour should focus on the places where cheap forced labour is exploited; calls therefore on Member States to strengthen their labour inspections and to facilitate those organisations that can help in detecting forced labour such as trade unions;

Listen to National Union of Students (NUS) president Wes Streeting explain why he intends to continue the fight against top - up fees, which are due for review before the next election.

According to The Sun, the meeting was a follow - up to the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari as the champion of the union's theme for 2018, «Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation».

At 3 p.m., Cuomo and AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka join union members to support IBEW Local 3 against Charter Communications / Spectrum in their fight for a fair contract, Cadman Plaza Park, (near the Brooklyn Bridge walkway entrance), Brooklyn.

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In a fight that is fracturing labor groups, the umbrella New York City Central Labor Council has decided to team up with one member union against another in an effort to stymie Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the operation of pedicabs in Central Park.

«IFA, along with the Coalition to Save New York Restaurants, will aggressively fight Governor Cuomo's politically - motivated decision to discriminate against local franchise small business simply to satisfy the request of his allies at the Service Employees International Union.»

Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and collective bargaining.

The U.F.T. has led the union - driven fight against Cuomo's education reforms, organizing a series of emergency meetings and forums over the last month.

Union leaders have promised to fight «tooth and nail» against a controversial Trade Union Bill, set to be debated in parliament today.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

Historically the AFL - CIO and other labour unions have supported the Democrats almost exclusively and fought fiercely against any attempt by unions to move to the left, arguing that independent campaigns divide the left and lead to Republican victories.

CWU follows example of Unison and Unite unions in backing leftwing candidate «to fight back against Blairites»

WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports the leader of the Buffalo teachers union is ready to fight against an outside receiver taking over B.U.I.L.D.

The leader of the Buffalo teachers union is ready to fight against an outside receiver taking over B.U.I.L.D. Academy.

Mr Johnson led Labour's fight to remain in the European Union but clashed with Jeremy Corbyn, claiming that the leader's office had been «working against» the party's efforts.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

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«This legislative action will be the first of its kind for a major American city, as well as the first set of regulations by any state in the union, and it will establish new registration, cleaning and monitoring standards for cooling towers in the fight against Legionnaires» disease,» Mr. de Blasio said.

As he has in the past, Bloomberg once again sees his education goals and his fight against the teachers union in Albany's hands.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS, Nigerian Army, LT General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was YESTERDAY presented with the prestigious Kwameh Nkurmah Leadership Award by the All African Students Union (AASU) for his exemplary leadership and commitment to duty and the fight against insurgency in the North East.

The construction trades unions added their muscle to the fight against budget cuts and layoffs in the public sector when they rallied at Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza and then marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall in the early afternoon on June 15 in what organizers called a «Solidarity March for the Middle Class.»

The UFT will work with its national unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association (NEA), to fight against tax cuts that unfairly target those who need help the most including senior citizens, those who earn the least, children, the poor and the destitute.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions after the weakened labor groups decided Thursday against seeking recertification votes in the state that was the forefront in this year's fight over union rights.

«Trade unions leaders are fighting necessary spending cuts and plan disruptive strikes that are against the public interest.