Sentences with phrase «many union leaders»

The union leaders say Disney is unfairly discriminating against the employees, or «cast members,» because they are engaged in contract negotiations and using the bonuses as leverage to accept a substandard pay increase.

Union leaders urged Wisconsin teachers to return to work at schools that are open on Monday, but large protests were expected to continue at the Capitol against a plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits to state workers.

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for the European Union leaders summit at the European Council on December 14, 2017 in Brussels.

This fall, a Facebook page gave thousands of Air Canada employees a forum to share with each other their dissatisfaction over their union leaders» negotiations, badly disrupting the collective bargaining process.

European Union leaders are hosting both Russian and Ukrainian leaders in Brussels today to broker energy talks between the two nations.

Perhaps the relatively swift conclusion to the Goodyear standoff will show union leaders once and for all that hostage - taking doesn't work as a negotiating tactic.

If business owners are like investors, healthcare providers, labor union leaders and a myriad of other people with vested interest in our policies, they're probably anxiously awaiting the results to see how their businesses — or sentiment — will fare in 2011.

«I find it important for Japan and the EU to cooperate with the United States as well to show to the world the flag of free trade as a model,» Abe told reporters before a meeting with European Union leaders in Brussels.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks to journalists as he arrives for a emergency summit with European Union leaders in Brussels on Thursday, June 25, 2015.

European Union leaders have agreed on a common position to put to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in a bid to curb the migration crisis, Luxembourg's premier said at a Brussels summit early Friday morning.

The former union leader won global admiration for transformative social policies that helped reduce stinging inequality in Latin America's biggest country.

At a public meeting of labor and corporate officers last summer, Snyder said he deliberately pleaded with union leaders not to go forward with the ballot initiative.

European Union leaders reached agreement on the first ever cut in their common budget on Friday after 24 hours of talks, seeking to placate millions at home struggling through government cutbacks and recession.

«It's regrettable that union leaders have called a strike, a move that hurts all of our employees,» Marc Reed, Verizon's chief administrative officer, said in a statement on Wednesday.

Union leaders, though, rejected the proposal.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

Brexit Secretary David Davis held negotiations in Brussels on Monday, which will be followed by a Brussels summit on Thursday and Friday where Prime Minister Theresa May will meet — but not negotiate with — fellow European Union leaders.

The goverment said more than a week ago inflation will remain elevated in the next few months, and Prime Minister Lee said in his May Day speech that the No. 1 concern among union leaders is the cost of living.

From Philadelphia building - trades union leader John Dougherty's Sept. 15 letter, inviting Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to locate his «second headquarters» in Philly:

About 25,000 workers resigned between the start of January 2017 and the end of January 2018, said union leader and government critic Ivan Freites, citing internal company data.

Resignations appear to have increased sharply this year, said Freites, a prominent union leader at Venezuela's major refineries in the northern Paraguana peninsula.

What's going on is that thousands of oil workers are fleeing the state - run oil firm under the watch of its new military commander, who has quickly alienated the firm's embattled upper echelon and its rank - and - file, according to union leaders, a half - dozen current PDVSA workers, a dozen former PDVSA workers and a half - dozen executives at foreign companies operating in Venezuela.

President Trump's decision puts off a move that could have enraged key American allies at a delicate moment, as the United States heads toward tricky negotiations with North Korea and is considering abandoning the Iran nuclear deal over the objections of European Union leaders.

The ruling socialists, once held together by late leader Hugo Chavez, have succumbed to infighting under Maduro, a former bus driver and union leader who lacks Chavez» charisma and has seen his budget slashed with the decline in global oil prices.

«We can't give up,» said Tabata, the union leader who watched Quevedo's truck drive by that day.

Like many of the other union leaders we consulted, Darcy says that her union will continue to organize aggressively during hard times, noting that the HEU has successfully signed up workers at most of the health facilities where the Campbell government has contracted out support services.

Judy Darcy is another union leader who serves a primarily female membership, and they are telling her they are very worried about the future.

We were curious about how it looks to the crew and the passengers in third class, so we made some calls to union leaders, anti-poverty activists, and various economists and historians who make it their business to study big business without being part of the action.»

The Obama Administration has made labor enforcement a top priority for trade policymaking and in so doing, has built trust with union leaders and members of Congress.

Those jobs need to be protected and Canada needs to do more to make that happen, said union leader Ken Neumann, Canadian national director for the United Steelworkers, in a statement Tuesday.

Thousands of retirees, who got word of the change this week, are shocked and angry, a union leader says.

«We opposed NAFTA in 1994,» former Canadian Autoworkers Union leader Buzz Hargrove told the conference.

-LRB-...) Mr. Frazier, who is African - American, and Mr. Krzanich and Mr. Plank, who are white, were three of the 28 business and union leaders the president named to the advisory council aimed at helping him boost U.S. manufacturing jobs.

So when I began reading on Tuesday morning about the latest agreement reached by European Union leaders, I expected my eyes to glaze over as usual.

Greece's caretaker prime minister will convene a meeting of Cabinet members ahead of this week's summit of European Union leaders that's expected to look into spurring economic growth across the continent.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs to shore up support at home for his plan, while euro - area finance ministers meet Wednesday to prepare the ground for a second, scheduled summit of European Union leaders Thursday.

The President of Treasury Board, Tony Clement, had made his government's anti-union agenda personal, refusing any consultation and referring to me and to other duly elected union leaders as «union bosses,» demonstrating nothing but contempt for us and for those whom we represent.

Our company was founded more than 80 years ago by credit union leaders who were looking for an insurance and investment partner they could trust.

I know that some claim, as they do in every election, that I and other union leaders are «telling members how to vote» and that's just the wrong thing to do.

Imagine if Rachel Notley had gathered five Union Leaders to attack Jim Prentice's reputation as a business leader?

In her victory speech Ms Notley said «Whether you are a business leader, a union leader, a municipal leader, someone who leads in civil society, or just a plain Albertan — the Legislature belongs to you; the government belongs to you, and you will be treated with respect.»

Advancing a modernization agenda such as this should be a top priority, but it carries risks if not carefully managed.In areas where management is looking for change, it will be important to not seek unnecessary confrontation and to ensure that union leaders and members are treated with respect in the bargaining process.

Varisty has been represented by Liberal MLA Harry Chase since 2004 and with his retirement, the Liberals have nominated Carpenters» Union leader Bruce Payne to carry their flag.

While Oakey implies that the union leadership is somehow unaccountable, able to do whatever it wants, the reality is that union leaders at all levels — from shop stewards to presidents — are elected to their roles for fixed terms by either workplace colleagues or the broader membership.

«It's worse than slavery,» maintains Jean Bonald Golinsky Fatal, a union leader.

«I am so relieved,» he told the New Hampshire Union Leader.

«Their kidnapping took place», continued the BBC report, «during a period of massive state repression of left - wing activists, union leaders and social activists which became known as the «Dirty War».

Socialist and trade - union leaders know all about this kind of thing.

Their plight is so desperate and so little noticed outside of Colombia — that the labor union leaders in Bogotá who met with our delegation welcomed us with the words, «We have been waiting for you for 50 years.

In addition, Hillary has some long - standing ties to Hispanic leaders, going back to the 1970s and her connection to well - respected union leader Franklin Garcia, about whom she wrote in her 2003 memoir.