John Sweeney
John Sweeney
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 August 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm a little bit insulted. Don't say 'We're jeopardizing public safety.' That's not right and it's not accurate. All I'm asking for is answers.
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I think we will see a united labor movement again. When workers unite they're stronger. The same goes for unions.
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Over the last several years, we've been able to find positions for all our graduates. Anyone who wanted a position got one, more or less.
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Despite the same, tired old scare tactics of the special interests, under the governor's budget New York will continue to spend more money than any other state on providing quality health care to its citizens. If the special interests want the taxpayers to spend even more than the record amounts they already provide, then the special interests need to say which tax they would raise or what other area of the budget they would cut.
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Bush reversed his decision after a public outcry and bipartisan opposition to his worker pay cut in the House and Senate.
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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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I am hopeful that new leadership can open the door for Amtrak to work closely with Congress to achieve meaningful reforms.
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The bottom line is that our health care system is broken, but it didn't just split open. Big companies like Wal-Mart are pulling it apart and profiting at taxpayers' expense.
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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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But it was also the best mistake I've ever made, because what it did was hopefully allow a whole new generation to make up their own minds about Scientology and for that I make no apology.
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I'm a passionate man and a passionate reporter. I've also got a loud voice.
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American workers, ... fervently support rights to protect economic security, equal opportunity and reasonable working conditions but they see real gaps.
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Guest worker programs are a bad idea and harm all workers. They cast workers into a perennial second-class status, and ... encourage employers to turn good jobs into temporary jobs at reduced wages and diminished working conditions.
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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.