John Sweeney
John Sweeney
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 August 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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The budget also proposes bringing the total annual state spending on education to nearly $17 billion, or 72 percent higher than when (Pataki) took office. As a result, today New Yorkers spend more than $12,000 per pupil to support public education - virtually the highest amount in the nation.
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A record 53 percent of nonunion workers say they'd join a union tomorrow if given the chance - that's the highest percentage in 20 years. It is our job to reach out to them.
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Wages are flat or falling. Health care costs for families with employer coverage shot up 79 percent from 1996 to 2003. Imagine the hit on families struggling to make it without job-based coverage.
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The 37.5-hour week is more of a minimum baseline these days. There is an expectation by many employers that you will give 5 to 10 percent above that to get the job done and to get ahead.
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In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
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I mean, we're trying to protect the interests of working families and these attacks in several different areas have been directed at workers.
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I know the guys are excited. We have talked for a long time about putting this program among the elite in Onslow County. I'm not saying that this win seals it, but it's important to be able to play with (Swansboro).
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Eight years of Clinton-Gore haven't been enough to repair the damage of 12 years of Reagan and Bush. Al Gore is running for president as the champion of working families and unions.
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The AFL-CIO needs a strong and united Teamsters union, and it needs the involvement of Jim Hoffa. I look forward to sitting down with him at his first opportunity.
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I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.
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We checked and he wasn't given any preferential treatment.
We all hope. We all love. We all dream. We all worship. We all work. We all have rights.
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Employers are all too eager to exploit workers. This is no time to make that easier. What a double tragedy it would be to allow the destruction of Hurricane Katrina to depress living standards even further. Taking advantage of a national tragedy to get rid of a protection for workers the corporate backers of the White House have long wanted to remove is nothing less than profiteering.
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We had several good opportunities on goal in the second half. We played well tonight, but we see where we need to improve.