Forced portering, often referred to by participants as "donation labor", describes being forced to carry heavy machinery, ammunition, or other supplies for the Burmese military.
In 1998 it moved to East Harlem, where it began leasing and renovating the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, a rundown building that private donations, government grants and donated labor from unions helped transform into a state-of-the-art exhibition space.
About $135 million was spent in the battle over Proposition 32, which would outlaw political donations by labor unions.
The leaders complained that the provision to ban donations from labor would strip the unions of their influence in New York City politics.
Her brother, Charles Jr., a physicist, has funneled $22 million into efforts against the governor's measure and in support of yet another initiative to outlaw political donations by labor unions.
The six-member commission, which has three Republicans and three Democrats, voted last week on rules implementing provisions of the McCain-Feingold bill designed to eliminate the influence in national elections of unlimited soft money donations from labor unions, corporations and wealthy individuals.
(The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as McCain-Feingold, bans big-money donations by labor unions, corporations, and individuals).
Those justices ― Wecht, Kevin Dougherty and Christine Donohue ― also did not disclose millions in donations from labor unions that filed amicus briefs in this case, Scarnati said.
The Waystation, which has been supported for eight years by donations, volunteer labor and fund-raising events, provides a home for wild animals abandoned by private owners, victimized by mistreatment or exiled for attacking human beings.
The Lanterman family gave the church property at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Verdugo Road, and citizens chipped in $1,200 in donations and labor to build a sanctuary, dedicated on April 19 , 1898
