Sentences with phrase «working against reform»

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His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

We've wasted a lot of time setting the stage for yours with social democratic reforms and work against the religious oligarch in this country.

For example, the general support of the working classes for the Reform Bill of 1832 gains in significance when placed against their bitterly disappointed aspirations for voting rights and their increased awareness of class discrimination.

Timothy Smith's book Revivalism and Social Reform in MidNineteenth Century America, for example, argues persuasively that nineteenth - century evangelicals with their quest for moral perfection were at the forefront of the social battle, fighting against poverty, slum housing, racial intolerance, and inhuman working conditions.68 Smith's book has often been used by evangelicals to support their claim that they have been socially active.

Against the entrenched opposition of those who had long profited from the cronyism of economic life in the Papal States, Consalvi worked hard to reform and rationalize Vatican finance, and instituted a program of free trade in the Papal States.

It's a story of hard work against recalcitrant local interests that Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis's deputy for the reform of 21st - century Vatican finance, might find eerily familiar.

Eck had been working hard at pastoral work in several parishes around Ingolstadt, and had become a devoted Reformer within the established Church — he had always granted Luther's thesis against Indulgences, but reform should keep within the bounds of established canonical and papal norms.

Anti-Semitism and racial prejudice against black Africans are two of the uglier maladies in the history of the West, but in the work of its greatest dramatist we see that these evils are not integral to its civilization, and that in the West's critical spirit lie the means of its continual reform.

Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice against hunger, is working with a coalition of Christian church bodies and other organizations to mobilize people of faith to push for farm bill reform.

«Despite this, John Faso has worked against gun reform from the start, opposing even basic policies like background checks, and voting against the New York SAFE Act.

Tory leader David Cameron has come out against certain key sections of the welfare reform bill aimed at forcing single parents into work.

Under a newly passed ethics reform law — which Ambrosino, King Sweeney and Blakeman voted against — Ambrosino would be barred from working for the town or running for re-election if he is convicted of the felony charges.

That conclusion, based on a full but complicated analysis of every possible measurement ¬ — complaints to Ombudsfolk, audit reports of all kinds, measurement of times and numbers, review of agency work and outsourcing — stands up against every possible reservation, such as the argument that costs and complaints would have risen even more had the reforms not been undertaken, or that social change made it necessary for government to run faster to stand still.

«Equally important is the fact that Randy Altschuler will fight against the status - quo and work to reform the way government does business.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

Rebel, rebel I disagreed with him [Cameron] about House of Lords reform, I disagreed with him about gay marriage... I voted against gay marriage because a huge number of my constituents were very, very worked up about it and I just saw no need to upset them in that way.

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Half a mile away on the other side of Victoria Street, sitting inside the Department of Work and Pensions, remains Iain Duncan Smith, a man who has seen his welfare reforms repeatedly crash against the rocks of Whitehall's information technology, a self - deluding good news culture and the messy reality of the lives of benefit claimants.

But across the board, from infrastructure to housing to tax reform to welfare, we should be thinking through new solutions framed against how people live and work now.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodWork and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodwork and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

Interesting aside: The contact for Gipson's campaign is Brian Keeler, a reform - minded blogger whose resume includes a stint working for the Senate Democrats during their brief turn in the majority and a failed Senate run — against Saland — in 2006.

Carl rejects Mr. Samuels» assertion that the five Senators he named are working working against reform.

The key issue working against Golden was not pension reform, but rather his crossing of a picket line when CWA members went on strike against Verizon last year.

We share a love for this city's diversity and culture,» Johansson wrote, applauding Stringer for his work fighting against hydrofracking and advocating on behalf of education reform.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

«From standing against Common Core to supporting responsible, bipartisan gun safety reforms while protecting our Second Amendment rights, I will continue to work hard on behalf of North Country families and small businesses.»

We knew that Shelly Silver's allies would be working to elect Alice Cancel, so we're not surprised to see Margaret Chin lining up with the status quo to stand against reform.

Today the Labour Party is going to be voting against a tax on strivers and in favour of real welfare reform to put people back to work.

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

Public employee unions have a huge amount of sway near the heart of the state's bureaucracy, and in 2014, they worked against the governor who had angered their members with his tough negotiations on labor contracts and his support for pension and education reforms.

They discuss the Vito Lopez scandal, education reforms, the fight against obesity, and Ortiz's work chairing the mental health committee.

Incumbent Susan Zimet, a Democrat, is known for her advocacy against fracking and her work with property tax reform.

on avoiding working with Republicans on ethics reform, instead hoping to use it as an issue against them.

It highlights all of Rice's negatives — from the fact that she used to be a registered Republican (she switched to independent when she went to work in Pennsylvania and then became a Democrat just before first running for DA in 2005) to her failure to vote for 18 years to her firing of women — mostly mothers — who were working part time at the DA's office to her alleged lobbying against «real» Rockefeller Drug Law reform.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

When they insist that ideas like school choice, performance pay, and teacher evaluations based on value - added measures will themselves boost student achievement, would - be reformers stifle creativity, encourage their allies to lock elbows and march forward rather than engage in useful debate and reflection, turn every reform proposal into an us - against - them steel - cage match, and push researchers into the awkward position of studying whether reforms «work» rather than when, why, and how they make it easier to improve schooling.

And that's where you're getting some push - back from teachers who are working hard on other matters of education reform, and they're saying, ˜Adapting our curriculum takes more time than we've been given and that's going to affect our performance against the new assessments.

I especially appreciate your twenty - five - year - long crusade against hitting schools with one damn reform after another, which breeds cynicism, induces burnout, and ultimately doesn't work.

The 2009 Education Next - PEPG Survey of Public Opinion (see «The Persuadable Public,» features, Fall 2009) asked public school teachers about their views on education reforms their unions work tirelessly against, among them, charter schools and merit pay.

Winners had to show they were reforming their education systems to fix the worst schools, get quality teachers in each classroom, have high standards and measure students and schools against those standards and impose data systems to be able to measure what works and what doesn't.

School Reform Minister Nick Gibb welcomed the 40 % drop in early exam entries and said the changes were necessary to «correct» a system that had «worked against the best efforts of teachers and the best interests of pupils».

Many educational practices currently in vogue under the umbrella of school reform work against these students.

Crucial to change - minded leadership is making the law a tool of reform — to make ambiguity and uncertainty work for, rather than against, a leader's school improvement efforts.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

The structural biases against reform do not work perfectly.

Maybe these realities will finally convince them to build ties to other activists working against the administration on other front — as well as force them to finally build a stronger infrastructure for advancing reform at the state and local levels.

Most of you have probably read that the SEC disagrees, and has an extensive reform proposal in the works (against which the money fund industry is mobilizing).

This project will work to develop a robust analytical and policy basis for reforming producer subsidies, developing new supply - constraining measures, and engaging international regimes to overcome long - standing implicit biases against supply - side climate policies.

Work highlights Represented SW General against the NLRB before the Supreme Court, in a case involving the President's ability under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to fill high - level vacancies without the Senate's consent.