Sentences with phrase «against rights for»

Jack Straw and David Davis joined up as odd bedfellows to get Parliament to vote against rights for prisoners to vote as required by the European of Human Rights.

So wait, just because I'm in favor of LGBT rights, I'm against rights for my own parents?

Fighting against rights for gays doesn't help anyone — not even small minded bigots.

Not exact matches

Catherine Lhamon, the Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that the government would «vigorously enforce Title IX's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity, in every applicable school.»

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

Coles said the time was right for a «new team» to lead Unifor and fight back against what he called attacks on labour by the federal government.

«It's only after I started to bring things to the attention of management and advocate for workers» rights that they started to gin up charges against me.»

The buzz grew louder when the two companies seemed to avoid bidding against each other for distribution rights at the Cannes festival.

As a long - serving UN high commissioner for human rights, she framed crimes against humanity in strikingly personal terms.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

The uptick in the shares reflects a belief that Netflix is now in a position to sign up more subscribers this year than analysts had previously anticipated, generating additional revenue that the company can spend on TV series and movies as it bids against rivals such as HBO, Amazon.com, YouTube and Hulu for licensing rights.

The fight pits strong proponents of the Second Amendment right to bear arms against those arguing for greater restrictions on the ability to obtain weapons.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

It was delivered in the summer of 1963 during the March on Washington, a rally for civil rights and against discrimination.

A framework for us to build stories against and to test within our gut whether an innovation feels like it is right or not.

Last month, workers rights advocacy group Fight for $ 15 helped workers file 33 complaints against Puzder and CKE Restaurants.

Cook called for unity among Apple workers regardless of their political views, and came out against remarks Trump made during a Tuesday press conference equating far - right hate groups with the people protesting them.

Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, fallout from the 60s, and the continued fight for Civil Rights, these interviews are invaluable capsules from the past.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

The only way to know for certain that your content is holding up its end of the bargain is by agreeing on goals early on and using the right tools to measure your work against those goals as you go.

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a consumer rights action law firm that also represented consumers in a recent $ 400 million lawsuit against Apple (aapl) for price fixing, filed the New York lawsuit.

Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and other digital rights activists are calling for a «day of action» on Feb. 11 when they hope to rouse the internet community into collectively speaking out against the NSA and the government's other intrusive surveillance tactics.

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Since the late 1950s, there has a been «a growing revulsion against aggression on smaller scales,» empowered by movements for «civil rights, women's rights, children's rights, gay rights, and animal rights.»

Bettencourt was back in the news again in late 2015 after accusations were made against her former butler and five journalists for recording meetings with the billionaire and thus violating her right to privacy.

A protest against violence attacking black communities, the parade was one of the first public marches for civil rights.

But he implied that it would be patriotic for private Russian citizens to «start making contributions — which are right, from their point of view — to the fight against those who say bad things about Russia.»

«Do something to really connect back with society» and don't «be known as the companies that pushed back against what was right for the world.»

Bettencourt was back in the news again late last year after accusations were made against her former butler and five journalists for recording meetings with the billionaire and thus violating her right to privacy.

Right now Griesa has enjoined basically everyone on earth against moving money for Argentina.

Shares issued with respect to awards granted under the 2014 Plan other than stock options or stock appreciation rights are counted against the 2014 Plan's aggregate share limit as two shares for every one share actually issued in connection with the award.

Shares issued in respect of awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the 2014 Plan and the Director Plan count against the shares available for grant under the applicable plan as two shares for every share granted.

For shares that are delivered pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right or stock option, the number of underlying shares to which the exercise related shall be counted against the applicable share limits, as opposed to the number of shares actually issued.

Any Shares subject to Awards granted under the Plan other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the numerical limits of this Section 3 as two and fifteen - one hundredths (2.15) Shares for every one (1) Share subject thereto and shall be counted as two and fifteen - one hundredths (2.15) Shares for every one (1) Share returned to or deemed not issued from the Plan pursuant to this Section 3.

Chris Hayes at MSNBC tweeted, «As gross and cynical and hypocritical as the right's «what about Bill Clinton» stuff is, it's also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.»

Ensures that the title to your home is legitimate (validating that you are in fact purchasing the property from someone who has the legal right to sell the property) and then issues title insurance for the property to protect you and the lender against legal claims or disputes over the title.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking with world leaders including UN Secretary General Ban - ki Moon, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kerry and asserting Israel's right to defend itself against incessant rocket attacks and terrorist infiltrations which no country can be expected to suffer without responding.

Paradoxically, the federal Liberal revival in Quebec is taking place against the backdrop of a surge in support for the right - of - centre Coalition Avenir Québec provincially.

In an emailed statement, James Fitz - Morris, a spokesman for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, said Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people and that the federal government is working to resolve the matter out of court, as it did with the Sixties Scoop survivors» class action.

Feelings run high, for example, around a key Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling last year, which found that the federal government discriminates against First Nations children by underfunding family services.

This time, the focus is more narrowly on ensuring that people not be forced to agree to potential arbitration as a condition of their employment and that employers be prohibited from «threatening, retaliating or discriminating against, or terminating any applicant for employment or prospective employment or any employee because of the refusal to consent to the waiver of any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of specific statutes governing employment.»

According to Michael Marzolini, Chairman & CEO of POLLARA, «Canadians believe it is important to build the Museum for Human Rights - they believe that remembering our past is good insurance against such events ever being repeated.»

Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

You want us to acknowledge our privilege — done — respect that it's informed our perspective — done — practice listening more than you talk in discussions of equality and rights — done, but not with the results you were hoping for — and use our privilege (the one big thing we have going for us) against itself.

It's a claim the Federal Government has against both your property and your rights to property for delinquent taxes.

For all anger against the «neoliberals», they were basically right.

However, those against homeownership just don't want to acknowledge the truth that like with stocks, the long term trend for real estate is also up and to the right.

It does not seem that the corporation / union should have the right to lobby, speak for, etc. for / against candidates or issues that I do not think are in my best interest.

The city would «fight for its rights» in the event of discriminatory trade practices being implemented against it, Yau said.