Sentences with phrase «wage campaign named»
Set to testify to the Senate Labor Committee, which is chaired by potential congressional candidate Jack Martins, include labor leaders like George Gresham, the 1199 SEIU president who is leading the $ 15 minimum wage campaign named in honor of the late Gov. Mario Cuomo.
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These campaign ‐ style battles are being waged through an increasing number of «veiled actors» third ‐ party coalitions with misleading names that ask voters to «Save New York» or fight for «Fiscal Fairness» without revealing the powerful interest groups behind these messages.
The Reform Party's Roque «Rocky» De La Fuente, whose name will appear on the ballot in twenty states on Tuesday and is waging write - in campaigns in more than a dozen other states, filed an emergency writ of mandamus against California's Secretary of State late yesterday -LSB-...]
He is also expected to wage write - in campaigns in approximately a dozen other states where his name won't be on the ballot in November.
The wage campaign, which was named last year in honor of his late father, is now taking the form of a very Cuomo - like RV tour that will tout the proposal around the state.
Cuomo has formed a campaign coalition named in honor of his late father to push for a $ 15 minimum wage after taking executive action this past summer to gradually increase the wage for SUNY and state workers as well as fast - food employees.
With just over six months until the Democratic primary, no credible challenger — a person with some combination of name recognition, a political base, governmental experience and the funding to wage a knockdown campaign — has emerged to take on de Blasio, despite all his problems.
A Rockland County resident angling for fellow Republican Bill Larkin's Senate seat has posted billboards, spoken at events and sent campaign - style mailings to spread his name in Orange County, waging an only - if - he - retires campaign that the longtime incumbent appears to support.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is crisscrossing the state to campaign for the higher wage, invoking the name of his beloved father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, in fiery speeches.
But while Mr Smith has waged successful anti-cuts campaigns against Iain Duncan Smith, and served as Shadow Welsh Secretary under Ed Miliband, he's far from a household name.
Monday, surrounded by labor union officials and rank and file members, Cuomo named his campaign to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour the «Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice» after his late father, the former governor of Ncampaign to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour the «Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice» after his late father, the former governor of NCampaign for Economic Justice» after his late father, the former governor of New York.
Directed communication efforts for the [company name] campaign, a coalition - based effort to raise the minimum wage to $ 10 by 2015.