Sentences with phrase «unions part of his agenda»

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Nor was it part of a wider agenda, as the shocked reaction from both trade unions and big business has attested.

«He is very much part of the New Labour agenda which did seek on many occasions to beat up the trade unions... part of a New Labour agenda which is very comfortable with our members going through the trauma of privatisation... We will not go back to a New Labour agenda based on privatisation, and fragmentation and globalisation that we have had over the past few years.»

This should be a major part of our agenda within the European Union but it is not under this government.

NYSUT is big enough so that its active «no» vote on Cuomo would make it difficult for him to hit the threshold necessary to get the AFL endorsement, especially if the public employee unions, which are not pleased with the AG's proposed wage freeze and other parts of his «New NY Agenda» plan, also decided to oppose him.

Many parents and other critics argue that the closings were part of a larger agenda to privatize public education, break unions, and gentrify African American neighborhoods, Lipman and her co-authors wrote.

Washington — The condition of the nation's educational system figured prominently on the nation's political agenda last week, as President Reagan introduced a four - part plan to «revitalize American education by setting a standard of excellence» during his State of the Union Message to the Congress.

The news comes as the NAHT and other teachers» unions have called on the government to make PSHE a statutory part of the curriculum, to protect teachers from claims they are following a personal agenda.

The very creepy sexualization of young children, a part of the teachers unions» progressive agenda, goes on unabated.

At the union's annual convention last week in Denver, where Eskelsen García was officially elected, some teachers said it's time for a leader who will play hardball with the feds and push back against Education Secretary Arne Duncan's agenda, which includes evaluating teachers in part by student test scores and supporting the growth of charter schools, often staffed by non-union teachers.

Other national groups also propose parent trigger laws as part of agendas that favor charter schools, eliminating teacher tenure, and restricting teachers» unions.

And while early agendas may have targeted wages and working conditions as elements to better the lives of individual teachers, the good of the whole system was always part of both the diagnosis and the cure in the minds of union leaders.

So, we're very pleased to be part of this coalition, and very excited about the leadership that is coming from below and very hopeful that as Jim has said, politicians from the top will take notice, and I call on President Bush — right here, right now — to make this initiative part and parcel of this year's State of the Union Address and at the top of his agenda, and that of the Congress in 2006.