Sentences with phrase «what union members»

Union members in Michigan are poised to do what union members in other right - to - work states have done: leave the union.

Particularly interesting was the difference between what union members saw as the main general issues, and the issues which most directly affected them and their families.

Which just proves that Union Bosses don't really understand what their Union members actually want.

Along the same lines is AFSCME's video remembrance of what union members endured on 9/11.

Not exact matches

The union that represents Ford Motor's Canadian manufacturing workers reached a tentative contract agreement on Tuesday, averting a strike but setting up what may be a difficult campaign to get the deal approved by members.

The meetings are not expected to discuss further punitive measures against Moscow because Britain, France, Germany and Italy are members of the 28 - nation European Union, which must agree collectively on what steps to take, said two diplomats briefed on the meeting.

The White House wants to reduce what it maintains is the United States» trade deficit with the 28 - member European Union and is seeking concessions, such as lower tariffs on American cars sold here.

Sgt. Tom Hayes, a 35 - year member of the force and chairman of the Assist the Officer Fund, which is tied to the union, said that Do and Fung, a pastry chef, «started saying things (to the officers) like, «Well, you're not doing it wrong but maybe if you do it this way, it'll be better» and «Why don't we put some times and dates on some of this food so we know exactly what we have on hand?»

While you will need to be a member of the credit union, you can typically borrow anywhere from $ 500 to $ 35,000 or more with long terms and better rates than what you may find at an online lender or bank.

Pro-Brexit members of parliament heaped pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday over her future customs plans with the European Union, calling on her to drop what some say is her preferred proposal.

Social Credit AGM The elusive Social Credit Party held its annual general meeting on November 20, 2010 in in Innisfail where its members reaffirmed the leadership of Len Skowronski and heard what I am sure was a fascinating a speech from Paul Kennett, President and CEO of the Alberta Credit Union Deposit Corporation.

But the gathering would also be of interest to other members — including those who are always asking, «What does any of this have to do with the union?»

Rather, the theological and scientific advisers to the section included a Canadian member of parliament, who is also a United Church minister, quoting William Stringfellow, Rachel Carson, and John Cobb; a theologian from Hong Kong who called for rejecting the «commander» image in Genesis of God giving shape and order to what he has made, in favor of the (female) «brooding spirit» image «which best addresses our current crisis»; and Larry Rasmussen of New York's Union Seminary, who linked the work of the Spirit with the growing environmental movement.

Add to the mix the childless Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte and the childless prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, and something quite striking comes into focus: Of the six founding members of what has evolved into the European Union, five are now led by childless prime ministers or presidents, a situation that would have been unimaginable to one of the founders of modern «Europe,» Konrad Adenauer, who was the father of eight.

Soviet spies were of the left generally, they supported liberal causes, they defended the Soviet Union in all circumstances, they were often secret members of the Communist Party, they were uniformly suspicious of American initiatives throughout the world, they could be contemptuous of American democracy, society, and culture, and, above all, their offenses were often minimized or explained away by apologists who felt that no man should be called traitor who did what he did for the cause of humanity.

Since UK voters decided that the UK should leave the European Union, the Scotch Whisky Association has been busy consulting members on what that means for one of the country's most significant industries and exporters.

What these union dupes won't let enter their dimly lit minds is that New Yorkers have suffered enormously while their members have been on a sweet and steady ride up the economic ladder.

General secretary Jonathan Baume said his First Division union, which represents the top seven civil service pay grades, was striking for the first time in its history because members are «angry about what is being proposed» on pensions.

After Miami - Dade schools and the union settled a new contract late last year, Carvalho praised the deal while UTD President Karla Hernández - Mats said, «It is absolutely not what our members deserve.»

Ask a Democrat or Republican who's labored in Albany or City Hall and seen the titanic union up close, and they'll tell you that, for better or worse, it does right by its members and gets what it wants.

The United Nations, the European Union and all 193 UN members are called for in these final days before the elections to show visibility, affirm their commitment to the DR Congo and to sending additional resources and observers to avoid what is still avoidable.

City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) earned what her staff called a key endorsement in her bid for re-election as the 50,000 - member New York City Building Service Employees Union 32BJ backed her over challengers Daniel Dromm and Stanley Kalathara.

Ed Miliband told Channel 4 News: «I'm incredibly angry about what's been happening in Falkirk because it is undermining the good name of trade union members, of Labour party members and the Labour party, and I'm not going to have to have it.

In theory, he is here to ceremonially sign a bill that would allow union members to deduct their union dues from their state taxes, but it's clear what he is really doing today is waging a bigger argument against President Donald Trump.

• Require a clear description of the trade dispute and the planned industrial action on the ballot paper, so that all union members are clear what they are voting for.

«This is what we need to do in every state,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the 500 - plus elected officials, labor leaders and union members assembled in Shanker Hall for the bill - signing ceremony.

But this is what could be happening to millions of trade union members each year as trade union membership forms fail to notify members of the political levy added to their membership fees.

However, former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke said: «I actually think the vast majority of members of the Labour party would quite like to see the party to stop being dependent on these millions from the trade unions, what is left of the trade union movement, that keeps trying to use that as political leverage which they do not want.»

The tactics worked so well that even former Gov. George Pataki and Senate GOP leader Joe Bruno finally threw in the towel and gave the union what it wanted - in the form of billions of extra Medicaid dollars for the hospitals and nursing homes that employ 1199's members.

But the governor is offering local governments and their unions a way to opt out of what's known as binding arbitration - which allows the municipality and its union to consult a three member panel when a contract is deadlocked.

The other is what role trade unions and their members should play within the Labour party.

WHAT: Dozens of union members will be visiting the homes of fellow union brothers and sisters talking about the importance of this year's election, and the candidacy of Congressman McMahon.

What we may be about to witness as Ed succeeds in getting unions and members to sign up to something last tried on the Labour movement by Stanley Baldwin, is the strange re-birth of the Whig party

He said Lynch would do better to explain to local communities both what the union and its members do: «The PBA has a good story to tell: one of the most respected city services, available 24/7, the city is safe, deadly force is used almost always sparingly, the workforce is increasingly diverse.»

At a conference held by the New York State Progressive Elected Officials Network at the Desmond Sunday, there was no explicit talk of what happened there nearly two years ago, when the party's institutional union backers turned back what was essentially a revolt among its activist members against Cuomo's business - friendly centrism.

This discussion has been coming from the very outset of his leadership but instead of concentrating on whether union members should «opt - in» or «opt - out» of membership of the party, Miliband should be looking at what being a member of the Labour Party actually means.

«What these right - wing policy wonks in their nostalgia for the divisive years of Mrs Thatcher don't understand is that unions do not just benefit their members, but employers and wider society too.

«We see what is going on in Washington and we know that we need to keep the progressive leadership we have here in New York that has enabled union members like me to have a middle class life and provide a bright future for our kids,» said 32BJ Executive Board member Sabrina Ladson, a security officer who works in the Bronx.

What the GMB appears to have done is send their members the ballot papers inside one envelope but that one envelope was despatched in a second envelope that included a magazine with Ed Miliband on the cover and also a letter from the GMB endorsing the union - friendly Miliband.

«I don't think what the trade unions are saying they are against any cuts in any circumstances but they like me are very, very concerned about the impact they are going to have not just on their members but on the users of their services,» Mr Miliband said.

The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, which is affiliated with about 100,000 union members, gave its endorsement today, praising what it described as de Blasio's commitment to responsible development, affordable housing and job creation.

Four Democratic Congress members representing parts of Brooklyn rallied with unions and Mayor Bill de Blasio's head of the municipal hospital system against what they claimed was the deadly threat that Republicans in Washington will go through with longstanding plans to erase President Barack Obama's signature health care bill — and then fail to replace it with a comparable program.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) will ballot its members over a one - day strike, in what would be the union's first mass walkout for two decUnion of Teachers (NUT) will ballot its members over a one - day strike, in what would be the union's first mass walkout for two decunion's first mass walkout for two decades.

At a rally in Milwaukee, she asked: «What happens when you are a proud union member and you have a governor that wants to drive you out?»

The unions contributed # 50 million to Labour in the past five years, what the Tories have warned is the «elephant in the room», but Sir Jeremy noted that with 2.5 million affiliate members, this was just eight pence per union member per week.

Teachers, parents, union leaders and even some school superintendents and board members in New York are clothed in blue to show their concern for what they see as an overemphasis on testing, an under - emphasis on state education funding, and inequitable spending between districts.

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're votingUnion, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're votingunion had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

The Labour leader was one of six speakers to address the crowd of union members, workers, families» peace campaigners and politicians in what was the biggest demonstration for years.

What's more, trade union members even get to have a say over where there money is spent.

He should realize that jabs from Mr. Lhota are the tiniest foretaste of what's awaiting him, from belligerent Council members, skeptical reporters, defiant municipal unions and aggrieved city power brokers.