Sentences with phrase «with powerful union»

Silver, a liberal Democrat with powerful union ties who has repeatedly stymied efforts by the last three governors to restrain spending, said he was fully behind Cuomo's pledge to slash the budget to close a projected $ 8 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

Teachers with Ph.Ds and decades of service don't crack the six - figure ceiling, even in districts like Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified with powerful unions negotiating for them.

You probably won't be surprised to learn that the most generous plans are typically found in a few industries with powerful unions and in the public sector.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Speaking to The Irish Times, Kenny said, «European leaders need to be over here talking to Republicans, Democrats and the administration about what membership of the European Union means and the relationship that it can have with as powerful an entity as the United States.»

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

With a combined economic might of some 13.9 trillion euros ($ 15.5 trillion) in 2014, the European Union is one of the most powerful economic powers in the world, dwarfing China's $ 10.3 trillion in the same year but not quite reaching the U.S» $ 17.4 trillion.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

To begin with, as mentioned above, nostalgia for the original union of praxis and theoria propels some of the most powerful currents of modern philosophy; it may even be said to be a kind of shibboleth of fashionably self «critical moderns.

José Francisco Pereira, General Director of Monte Alegre farm said «This union agreement is based on a mutual trusting relationship and will make both companies more powerful on the local and international markets - combining Sucafina's global footprint with Monte Alegre's tradition in the Specialty Coffee Production.

Whether Clark is replaced or not, the MLBPA does need to bolster its ranks with more full - time staff: what was once the most powerful union in sports now has the smallest staff of any of the major sports.

A former top aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Damien LaVera, has taken a new gig with the powerful state teaches union, NYSUT, as its communications director.

At the critical juncture of 1991 (the fall of the Soviet Union), it looked like Iran could play a powerful or even destabilising role in Central Asia; however, it was hampered by its recent war with Iraq and a desire to normalise its relations with the West.

To start with, Russia is much weaker than the Soviet Union was, and the all - powerful soviet empire is now in tatters.

She faced the nightmare of negotiating a Brexit deal with the European Union while being unable to face down either the hard - Brexit faction in her own cabinet or the powerful Remain faction in parliament, which included some Conservative backbenchers.

Despite her more than two decades in the FBI, heading the Suffolk Police Department will bring her new challenges such as dealing with the powerful police labor unions, specifically the Police Benevolent Association, whose contract is up in 2019.

And thus, with the withdrawal of powerful union support, did the fraudulent former mayor's comeback fall flat on its face.

Legislative leaders, under pressure from the politically powerful teachers union to restrict access to the information further than would occur under Cuomo's plan, have yet to come up with proposals of their own.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a school advocacy group that helped unseat some incumbent senators in November, is joining with the powerful New York State United Teachers union to protect school funding.

Last week at the behest of Governor Andrew Cuomo, the rupture between the progressive Working Families Party and progressive unions intensified, with two powerful SEIU and CWA locals withdrawing support for the WFP on the eve of its endorsement of Cuomo rival Cynthia Nixon.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

Delighted with @jeremycorbyn's speech making a powerful progressive case for the UK's membership of the European Union #LabourIN #StrongerIn

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

Kink, who led the Democrats» policy office, will head the Strong Economy for All Coalition, which, according to a recent Times report, will soon open with a $ 5 million budget, backed by SEIU / 1199, the powerful health care workers» union, and the UFT, the New York City teachers union.

The plan actually includes some significant victories for the powerful health care workers union, which has a long - standing relationship with Cuomo and played a big role in the resurrection of his political career through his election to the AG's office in 2006.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's ruling that Superintendent Kriner Cash can circumvent the union contract to make changes at receivership schools will likely end in a court battle with one of the most powerful teachers unions in the country.

Cuomo and some of the state's most powerful unions will kick off the new year with a massive rally today to push for a $ 15 - an - hour statewide minimum wage.

Upset with a state Senate Republican budget plan to boost charter schools, the powerful city and state teachers union bombarded GOP senators last week with nearly 20,000 faxes and 1,500 phone calls warning the plan would damage neighborhood public schools.

The powerful union boss said he and the leaders of the other main trade unions - which plough millions of pounds into Labour's coffers every year - wanted to sit down with the party's warring factions to end the in - fighting.

The Wall Street Journal reports Schneiderman's re-election campaign has purchased $ 1 million worth of advertising time with broadcast TV stations in New York, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, New York's five biggest media markets; his endorsers include labor unions such as the powerful United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 with 23,000 members in New York City, on Long Island, and in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties.

Ultimately, some familiar with her campaign argued she relied too much on powerful unions like 32BJ and 1199 SEIU to drag her across the finish line.

Most Republican delegates have not yet committed to one of the three candidates, a Times Union survey found, but Maragos has an early lead with endorsements from powerful leaders on Long Island.

On top of that, powerful interests close to Cuomo, like the hedge funders behind the charter school movement, some business people and municipal unions that have been fighting with the mayor (like the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association) could pounce if a challenger emerges, insiders say.

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

Private school students won't be the only ones who benefit when the city starts posting security guards in their buildings — so will a powerful union with ties to Mayor...

Along with other powerful state lawmakers, Perkins has benefited from the teachers union's largesse.

«This is one of the most powerful people in Albany charged with graft to line his pockets,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of good government group Citizens Union.

Calamia's complaint says that much of the big money that went to the Democratic committees on Long Island involved many of the same organizations Sugarman cited in her report as working with de Blasio, including Local 1199 of the powerful Service Employees International Union, Communications Workers of America District One, the state Nurse's Association and SEIU 32BJ.

The bill would also do away with a requirement that those abused in a public institution like a school must file a notice of intent to sue within 90 days of the incident occurring — something that in the past has been vehemently opposed by the public sector and powerful teachers union.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

We believed monetary union without fiscal union was risky [and] that convergence of the powerful northern economies with southern Europe was unlikely (especially once Germany had absorbed her Eastern lender),» Sir John wrote.

SEIU 1199, the powerful health care workers union, has entered the fray in NY - 19 with an ad that tries to portray GOP Rep. Chris Gibson as a Tea Party extremist.

The real problem, in Magee's eyes, is that wealthy New Yorkers are trying to dismantle the publicly funded school system — complete with the powerful teachers unions — because they don't want to pay their «fair share» in taxes to support the education of all children, not just the «elite.»

In a city where unions are powerful political forces to begin with, Seabrook derived unusual clout from his position at the intersection of multiple lines of influence.

He said he views his school aid proposals with the most optimism because powerful teacher unions will make the case on both sides of the aisle.

(5) A program bill for SEIU 1199: A measure backed by powerful health workers union 1199 SEIU that would allow home health aides to perform services typically done by nurses is stuck in the Assembly's rules committee with no Senate sponsor.

Two powerful unions allied with Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that they were withdrawing from the Working Families Party, a small but influential alliance of labor unions and progressive activists.

Tucked into the state budget is a proposal that would give a salary boost to workers affiliated with New York's most powerful health - care union.

Along with the governor, powerful union leader George Gresham, who is chairing the Mario Cuomo Economic Justice campaign, and some economists will also be on the call.