Sentences with phrase «against government efforts»

He has worked on more than 1,000 unfair labor practice investigations and has successfully tried many unfair labor practices cases, including defending employers against government efforts seeking injunctive relief in federal court.

A court sided with the billionaire against government efforts to end his telecom dominance.

Not exact matches

Lane kept up that effort, saying that governments must put a greater emphasis on retraining and lifelong learning or risk a public backlash against the merits of freer trade.

«We can watch very focused efforts to steal American information, to infiltrate the United States with spies — with people who are going to work on behalf of the Chinese government against America,» Pompeo said in an interview.

Trump on Monday railed against the recent string of attacks in Afghanistan, and ruled out any US discussions with the Taliban as part of the effort to seek peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents.

On the broadest social level, the ostensible «free market» lobbying effort sponsored by banks to shift the property tax onto labor and industry has become a campaign against government itself.

The U.S. dollar rose slightly against a basket of major currencies helped by optimism about progress on tax reform legislation and lawmakers» efforts to avert a U.S. government shutdown on Saturday.

Huffington Post: Mayans Protest «Twisting Of Truth» Over 2012 Doomsday Predictions As the so - called «Mayan doomsday» approaches, the Mayans of Guatemala are speaking out against what some are calling a government - and tour business - led effort to profit off misinterpretations of their traditions.

I learned from my C.I.A. colleagues that the same tactic was employed in Costa Rica in an effort to turn the newspapers and radio and television stations of that country against the Nicaraguan Government.31

In El Salvador repression and terror are central to U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in defense of an unpopular government at war against its own people.

If any Christians are currently promoting a «gnostic split of soul and body,» it is those on the left who seem satisfied with social programs that feed the body but starve the soul and, even worse, turn a blind eye to growing efforts by the government to discriminate against faith - based charities that are serious about ministering to the whole person.

Referring to the success of U.S. government efforts to bias press coverage against Nicaragua, the organization Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) states: «By sheer force of repetition, the administration has driven home its anti-Sandinista propaganda themes in the media.

The memo continues, «It has risked sending a message to the authorities in all three countries — and to the international community — that minimal efforts are enough; that we as a government are not interested in upholding international norms, nor in holding countries accountable for ongoing abuses against children.»

Though the HHS mandate represents an expansion of government power into the heart of many religious institutions, efforts to resist this expansion were portrayed by HHS Secretary Sebelius as a «war against women,» a label that has stuck and a narrative that the Democratic party during its Convention sought to make a dominant theme of the campaign» it would seem, with considerable success.

Amash's over-the-top rhetoric verges on the paranoid, as when he characterized the efforts of the White House and the Director of the NSA, General Keith Alexander, to block his amendment: «The U.S. government has come out in full force against you, the American people.

The challenges for the pouch in this industry are manifold, primarily encompassing consumer quality expectations and etiquette in wine, technical compatibility with product content (for example in beer) and even in some cases government policy being against economy products and packaging in an effort to reduce alcohol consumption, such as in Turkey.

«We applaud US government efforts to eliminate these barriers and strengthen our competitiveness globally, including the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge against Canada which seeks to ensure that British Columbia grocery store consumers can choose from the vast array of the world's great wines.»

But there was even an effort in that legislation that was being proposed by the government to ensure that we would see coercive powers used against workers rather than used against employers who were intentionally underpaying those workers or other workers in the labour market.

Mr Davis warned the government against undermining the British way of life in its efforts to defend it from terrorism.

While I consider such behavior stooping to their level, I can appreciate why emotions have been stirred up so high and I only hope that somehow, some way, against all odds, this disaster hitting these ideologues personally forces them to reconsider their previously - expressed opinions, walk back their hateful rhetoric, and realize that like the President has repeatedly stated, we ARE all in this together and there IS a legitimate role for not only government, but collective effort on all fronts involving people helping people.

Cuomo couched the unity effort as part of his push back against the federal government, controlled by Republicans, and President Donald Trump's administration.

«Spain supports the efforts of the Government of Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism, which has led to so much instability in the region.»

Cuts in size based on the insurgency diminishing also worried MPs, given the strong possibility the Taliban will redouble its efforts against Hamid Karzai's government after the departure of international forces.

This year, Cuomo pushed back against efforts to allow local governments to set their own minimum wage after pledging to back some version of municipal control.

«Taking all other issues raised in the Kaduna Declaration over the past few months, vis a vis the effort by various government and non-governmental bodies to engage us in dialogue, we submit that there is the need to look at the following issues holistically as safeguards against future ethnic tensions:

Leslie, who is leading the fight against Nicholson from the government backbenches, is now focusing her efforts on the apparent cover - up of three reports into the state of the NHS which Nicholson claims he knew nothing about.

Analysts say Mr Miliband's trip is a vital one for relations with the Afghan government, whose reconstruction efforts are perceived to be as important as improving security in the ongoing battle against the Taliban.

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

Cuomo had previously railed against a Republican - backed effort in Congress to shift the Medicaid burden carried by county governments in New York to the state.

The government lost a last - ditch effort to save its law criminalising «homophobic hatred» today, after the Lords rebelled against it last night.

It is important to evaluate the effort of governments in the past as against what the government of the day is doing in the area of water since assuming power to enable citizens measure and ascertain who actually had / has the interest and progress of the people in the area of the provision of potable water.

«As a government, we are making all efforts to integrate our defence structures properly into the sub-regional cooperation framework by which the needed synergy will be created to enhance our collective chances of success in the fight against terrorism,» he said at the Military Academy Graduation Parade on Friday September 16 in Accra.

The government's efforts to tackle violence against women are too piecemeal and inadequately funded, a damning new report has said.

Despite government efforts to repress it, local divestment action against South African Apartheid helped to topple that brutal regime.

The move, part of the prime minister's efforts against the «corroding» influence of pornography, is a significant reversal of government policy.

It finds efforts to legislate for humanist marriage have been delayed, partly because of the huge backlash against the coalition government's bid to legalise same - sex marriage.

Efforts to tackle law and order have been focused on young people in recent years, with the introduction of the government's «respect» agenda, which includes the use anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) and dispersal orders against «disorderly» youths.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague has called on the government to step up its efforts against nuclear proliferation, comparing the issue in importance to climate change.

The state's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, who is also from Buffalo and who is leading efforts against sexual harassment in the workplace, at first commended Hoyt for his service in government.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasagovernment which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasagovernment including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun ObasaGovernment of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

The Irondequoit Democrat says some of the money would help affected property and business owners, another portion would go to local governments and some funds would also be set aside to plan mitigation efforts against possible damage in future years.

He used the opportunity to call on corporate Ghana, celebrities and all Ghanaians to come on board the «ONE LOVE ELIMINATION OF SCHOOLS UNDER TREES» project and help put smiles on the faces of children in communities with such schools by replacing them with befitting structures as we compliment the effort of Central government to win the war against schools under trees as Ghanaians.

The collapsed effort at forcing through the Postal Services Bill against Labour backbench opposition to restructure the Royal Mail is a glaring example of a government backing away from issues it really needs to deal with.

The two suspects — Isaiah Ododomu and Toba Forejo said they were involved in illegal oil bunkering but were stopped from the business due to the renewed efforts of government against them, adding that they were arrested on Saturday at Iyana School in Lagos.

Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Plymouth are among the new «respect areas» chosen to lead the government's efforts against noisy neighbours, young hooligans and other anti-social behaviour.

Speaking to the president of the foundation, Mr. Adomako Fred Williams he said that the foundation is made up of young Ghanaians who believe that bringing together the little energies of all the people in various areas where schools in bad conditions not conducive for learning can help compliment the efforts of Central government in our quest to win the war against «schools under trees» as a nation.Ghanapoliticsonline.com

The Home Office says cocaine is the only drug which has risen in use since 1998 and although cocaine use has been stable since 2000 - fewer than five per cent of adults have used the Class A drug in the last year - the government says it is determined to strengthen efforts against it.

«It is also on record that instead of lending his voice to the federal government efforts to dislodge Boko Haram insurgents, President Buhari opted to describe the clampdown on Boko Haram as injustice against the North.

And, in an effort to reverse decades of discrimination against blacks and Latinos, Mr. Cuomo pushed the government - sponsored banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to buy more home loans taken out by poor and working - class borrowers.

Fayose, who said he was totally against hate speech and would support any effort to curb it, added that it was important to caution the Federal Government on the danger inherent in the blanket categorisation of hate speech as treasonable.