The speakers include PEF President Susan M. Kent, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Civil Service Employees Association President Danny Donahue, New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento, Executive Vice President of the New York State United Teachers Andrew Pallotta, United University Professions President Fred Kowal, NYSCOPBA President Donn Rowe, as well
as other labor leaders, members of community groups and members of the New York State Legislature.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals
as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such
as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or
other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our
other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and
other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from
labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or
other security attacks, information technology failures, or
other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and
other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such
as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such
as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such
as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers,
as well
as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and
other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and
other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and
other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco
as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among
other things.
In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and
other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination,
as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a
labor lawsuit.»
The Four Seasons Resort Lanai, The Lodge at Koele will continue to be used
as housing for construction workers
laboring at the
other Four Seasons,
as it has been for the last several months.
But
other expenses can grow
as well; increasing sales usually requires spending more on marketing,
labor and efforts to penetrate markets that aren't
as likely to be profitable.
In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America - whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap
labor and
other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China,
as is to be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed in essence that Trump's decision is on the right track.
Garrett and
other fiduciary financial advisors see the recently issued fiduciary rule passed by the Department of
Labor as a major step in the right direction of controlling the costs of advice to investors.
Such risks, uncertainties and
other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among
other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of
other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and
other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and
other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and
labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and
other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to
as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among
other things import / export) and
other laws and regulations in the U.S. and
other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the
other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or
other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
This map, created by
labor and employment - focused law firm Fisher Phillips, highlights legislative differences between states by showing which ones have gender - specific pay protections, gender - specific protections
as well
as protections for
other categories (such
as race, religion or national origin), or no state - specific pay equity laws at all.
The
other problem with the GOP proposal is it allows companies to subtract the cost of
labor and land,
as well
as input goods, from the amount that gets taxed.
Factional rivalries have been the order of the day since
Labor was founded 104 years ago, and that applies
as much in Western Australia
as other States.
The
other is the cost of selling and installing them, which includes electrical hardware,
labor, permits, interest payments, and overhead such
as customer acquisition.
As the economy has exploded, some manufacturing has started to migrate to
other parts of the world where
labor is less costly.
Uber uses technology to displace low - skilled workers who may have little access to
other jobs, and
as a result makes
labor (and ultimately the cost of a ride) cheaper.
This comes just nine months after the
Labor Department sued Google for not handing over 19 years of pay data on 21,000 Google employees for a routine audit into the company's pay methods,
as part of that department's attempt to show whether Google's hiring discriminates on the basis of race, religion, gender, or
other factors.
But lobbyists in Washington expressed concern that Trump's ambitious tariff plan would also include
other labor - intensive consumer goods sectors such
as apparel, footwear and toys.
As did
other Rust Belt states, however, it suffered a devastating decline beginning in the 1970s, when manufacturers moved to the U.S. South, Mexico and
other foreign countries to take advantage of cheaper
labor, lower taxes and fewer regulations.
«It's private label, private branded, so we're not paying
other brands
as well, and we have a very efficient
labor model, low - cost real estate,» Bird said in a «Mad Money» interview.
One - quarter of those actively earning money from
labor platforms heavily relied on this income, earning 75 percent of their total income for a given month from gig
labor.71 Overall, those earning money from online
labor platforms appeared to use it
as a substitute for volatile nonplatform work during downturns at their
other jobs.
Accordingly, the rejection of
labor contracts «has not been the mechanism of last resort to save a failing business,» the Air Line Pilots Association told Congress in 2010, «but instead has often been used by employers
as a business model to gain long - term economic advantage by unfairly gutting the wages and working conditions of airline and
other employees.»
DUBNER: So, to summarize your overall argument about our rise and fall of American growth: would it be an overstatement to say that there was a lot of low - hanging fruit — physical and
labor, and all
other kinds of fruit that we picked beautifully and ate hungrily, and we did really well with — and that those things, once used up, that kind of gain will never appear again
as far
as you can see?
The trend worries economists because new businesses play a vital role in creating jobs, improving productivity and spurring economic growth; some researchers believe the decline in entrepreneurship, and in
other measures of economic dynamism such
as labor mobility, could be part of the reason the U.S. has experienced such a slow bounceback from the past two recessions.
As a result, political instability,
labor strikes, natural disasters or
other events resulting in the disruption of trade or transportation from
other countries or the imposition of additional regulations relating to duties upon imports could cause significant delays or interruptions in the supply of our merchandise or increase our costs, either of which could have an adverse effect on our business.
Like zinc, crude and
other commodities, the PGMs were supported the last six months by lower output levels,
as labor disputes in South Africa — the world's largest platinum producer and number two largest palladium producing country — disrupted operations.
Other benefits are more socioeconomic, such
as parking assistance, a reduction in
labor costs, fuel conservation, and the ability to move the elderly and people with disabilities around.
Protecting major transfers to persons, spending on health and education and
other spending such
as that for Aboriginal programs, research and development, and assuming you won't revisit defense and international assistance, then to find an additional $ 8 to $ 11 billion by 2015 - 16 would require major cuts in
labor market programs, spending on the homeless, infrastructure programs, and last, but certainly not least, government personnel costs.
Sheppard, with 85 employees in Glendale and seven
other cities like Boston, Chicago and Houston, will become the foundation for what Ketchum describes
as a new worldwide unit, the Workplace Communication Practice, which will specialize in tasks like internal communications, human resources and
labor relations.
His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist
labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving
as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many
other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.
His articles for CIRE have covered topics such
as suburban office markets, auctions, and marketing techniques.Inbound or Outbound?Call centers fall into two basic categories, inbound and outbound, and each has slightly different
labor and facilities requirements.Inbound centers handle calls initiated by customers seeking technical assistance, product or account information, or help with
other queries.
Although a tightening
labor market has driven up prices in some segments, such
as single - family homes, it's «not enough to overcome downward pressure from
other factors,» says Zentner, who adds that recent hurricanes likely won't have a lasting impact on national prices either.
«If the outlook for the
labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its
other policy tools
as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability,» the Fed's announcement stated.
The FOMC's annoucement after their meeting on Wednesday affirmed the Fed's QE3 policy, offering no changes, while stating, «If the outlook for the
labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage - backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its
other policy tools
as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability.»
But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily
as Beijing takes
other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more
labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.
-- Similarly exploited immigrant
labor without labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable
labor without
labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable
labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair
Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable
Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and
other positions that corporations tag
as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable wage.
As for other industries, I've observed before that infrastructure projects on the scale of those being discussed would actually have to be implemented with foreign labor (as many of the largest U.S. construction projects have been in recent years), since heavy construction workers represent a rather small segment of the U.S. labor forc
As for
other industries, I've observed before that infrastructure projects on the scale of those being discussed would actually have to be implemented with foreign
labor (
as many of the largest U.S. construction projects have been in recent years), since heavy construction workers represent a rather small segment of the U.S. labor forc
as many of the largest U.S. construction projects have been in recent years), since heavy construction workers represent a rather small segment of the U.S.
labor force.
Dale Brown, FSI's president and CEO, stated on the call that FSI,
as well
as the
other groups joining the suit, «has supported a uniform fiduciary standard since 2009 — before Dodd - Frank became law... but the Department of
Labor's complex and unworkable rule will only harm the smaller investors it claims to protect.»
We also have experienced, and may experience in the future, gross margin declines in certain businesses, reflecting the effect of items such
as competitive pricing pressures, inventory write - downs and increases in component and manufacturing costs resulting from higher
labor and material costs borne by our manufacturers and suppliers that,
as a result of competitive pricing pressures or
other factors, we are unable to pass on to our customers.
inefficiencies in the form of higher
labor and
other operating expenses and,
as a result, Shack - level operating profit margins are generally lower during the start - up period of operation.
Today marks four years since since the
labor movement known
as the Fight for $ 15 launched, and American fast - food employees and
other hourly workers are continuing to push for a living wage.
Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and
Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor f
Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the
other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S.
Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor f
Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted
as unemployed versus those who are counted
as out of the
labor f
labor force.
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Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits
as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the
labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less
labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from
labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.
This could be due to slightly more affordable mortgages,
as well
as other draws for millennials such
as a strong
labor market — unemployment is below the national average at 3.7 percent — and relatively high incomes for people in that age group, according to a Zillow analysis.
The primary difference being that Wage Laborers PUT UP THEIR OWN SELVES (e.g., their «
labor»)
as the thing being risked, while so - called «capitalists» have nothing of their own at risk if they play with OPM (
other people's money) AND ALMOST NEVER EVER PAY FOR THEIR FAILURES, in any case.
Parent is involved in several lawsuits in which the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid overtime compensation and
other damages based on allegations that various employees of Electronic Data Systems Corporation («EDS») or Parent have been misclassified
as exempt employees under the Fair
Labor Standards Act and / or in violation of the California
Labor Code or
other state laws.
Unlike
other crisis - hit countries such
as Spain and Greece, Italy has yet to implement major economic overhauls or to push down
labor and
other business costs to levels that would make its industries more competitive abroad.
All in all, the Fed continues to expect inflation to rise gradually toward 2 % over the medium term
as the
labor market improves further and the transitory effects of energy price declines and
other factors dissipate, but the pace for hikes in interest rates could well be moderate,
as the Fed has been indicating.
The
labor theory of value aimed at isolating the economic rent
as a margin that either was to be taxed away (for land and natural resources that were privatized) or kept in the public domain (for infrastructure and
other natural monopolies).
Letter to Doctor Benjamin Rush from Thomas Jefferson Washington, April 21, 1803 Dear Sir, — In some of the delightful conversations with you, in the evenings of 1798 - 99, and which served
as an anodyne to the afflictions of of the crisis through which our country was then
laboring, the Crhistain religion was sometimes our topic; and I the promised you, that one day or
other, I would give you my views of it.
1: Have no
other gods — NOT A LAW = > In God we trust is on our legal currency 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW = > intellectual property is a God to many, we have tones of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime
as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced
labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under 19.
But Michelangelo and
others like him have through their
labors — sometimes
as goads, sometimes
as nails, sometimes
as scribblers in the sand, helped turn us from the world's frivolities and given us time for such reflection.