His wife has
been in labor with my future step daughter for 2 1/2 weeks now.
She said that while
she was in labor with her first child, she was constantly thinking of how ready and willing to go through the process she was again.
I don't know where people get the idea that «native» women don't scream during labor because despite already having given birth twice before when
she was in labor with my mom's second brother another woman was in there giving birth and she was scaring the crap out of my grandma.
I don't remember many of the nurses who filed in and out of the delivery room when
I was in labor with my son.
or «When
I was in labor with you...» The epidural can help these moms separate that for themselves.
One day quite a few years ago, I watched delightedly as an obstetrician sat on a hospital bed and stared in awe, open - mouthed at one of our Hypnobabies moms who
was in labor with her first child.
(Though I had a double burger and fries while
I was in labor with my first — but that was like 10 hours before the birth) YMMV
In fact, after giving birth twice in that maternity ward, my husband and I just waddled over to get our own birthing ball when
we were in labor with our third child.
The jury ruled the doctors were negligent in their treatment of Barbara Hall when
she was in labor with Danielle on March 26, 1985.
The only time I talk about their births these days is when I'm laying on the guilt trip about how long
I was in labor with them for!
Dare I confess that I even took the DVD with me to the hospital when
I was in labor with our son???
We will never forget my mom falling through the front porch floor while moving us in, a huge bathroom leak that started while
I was in labor with our first, me falling through the same bathroom floor and landing on an upper kitchen cabinet while pregnant with our second.
Not exact matches
The advisory group,
in a report submitted to Congress and the U.S. trade representative
in late June, suggested the USTR borrow exact language pertaining to the agricultural sector and suggested using the Asiawide trade deal as the basis for text on environmental and
labor regulation,
with «additional strengthening of measures beyond what
was in TPP,» according to a copy of the June 30 letter obtained by CNBC.
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.
Three men working
with the New York - based non-profit group China
Labor Watch
were arrested after their investigation of Ivanka Trump's suppliers zeroed
in on Huajian.
Since Buzz
is currently limited to Gmail, it will
be more
labor intensive to tie
in the new feature
with your existing small business software, and there
is no defined public Web space for Buzz, which means that users define public or private posts.
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including,
in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully
in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated
with fluctuations
in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations
in flight schedules, which
are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations
in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges;
labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
And the U.S.
Labor Department said that claims for jobless benefits declined last week by 2,000 to 326,000, which
was in line
with expectations.
Carpenter said wage inflation
in the U.S.
is not far from where it should, even though many
are puzzled that incomes have not caught up
with a stronger economy and tight
labor market
WA
Labor is operating a cash - for - access Leaders» Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $ 25,000 a year for private meetings
with the Premier and his ministers and
is a carbon copy of a secretive Liberal Party fundraising venture slammed by Mark McGowan when he
was in Opposition.
Before firing the employee, make sure the behavior
is in direct violation
with company policy and isn't protected by the National
Labor Relations Act.
Verizon and the two striking unions
were in contract discussions
with the help of the U.S. Department of
Labor.
The
labor market
is tighter than it has
been in decades,
with unemployment near an all - time low at 4.1 % and unfilled job openings near an all - time high at about 6 million.
In today's tight
labor market, replacing workers
with industrial robots or customer service kiosks, for example,
is strongly tempting.
«Migrant workers
are a very elastic part of the
labor pool that aren't captured anywhere (
in official statistics),» said Julia Wang, an economist
with HSBC
in Hong Kong.
Education has traditionally
been «done
in a
labor - intensive, inefficient way,» Raj said on a call, mentioning the paper - based products,
in - person meetings, and binders filled
with sign -
in sheets and lists of checkboxes, that
are its hallmarks.
«Girls
with more schooling participate
in greater numbers
in the
labor force when they grow up, and they
are able to earn more for their families and society,» the Center for Global Development reports.
Sherazee, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, worked
with his staff to set up the accommodations that have
been installed across other OFC companies — the female prayer room, and the partitions
in offices and on factory floors to give women privacy
in line
with labor regulations.
With lowering levels of entrepreneurship
in the country, chances
are that other countries could provide greater competition, often at lower
labor rates, creating increased pressure on U.S. entrepreneurs.
Of the people identified as victims of modern slavery
in Britain last year, 139
were Polish nationals brought over for
labor exploitation
with West Midlands Police currently investigating 70 claims of human trafficking from Poland.
In 2014 seven building contractors
were arrested on allegations they had collaborated
with the Naples mafia, the Camorra, to obtain cheap
labor.
Doing the minimum required by a franchise system
is not the way to make big numbers — he recommends doing as much as possible
in the beginning, theorizing that if franchisees
are scrimping on advertising or
labor in the first year just to keep the doors open, they didn't have enough operating capital to begin
with.
With the
labor market tighter than it has
been in decades, workers who've
been yearning to change jobs finally have their moment.
While the book
is stuffed
with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much
in the way of specific on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy
labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.
A little - noticed difference between the federal
Labor and Liberal parties
is that the former ties itself
in knots over whether or not to dispatch a leader who
's on the nose
with voters.
In the past decade, nearly 54,000 factories have
been shuttered or moved offshore, including 40 percent of facilities
with payrolls of more than 1,000, according to data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
This reality, combined
with the fact that just 10 % of the
labor force
is now employed
in manufacturing, means that there
is plenty of electoral support for policies aimed at increasing trade.
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.
With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap
labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers
in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it
's refreshing to learn that some companies
are taking the exact opposite approach.
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.
The majority of the best cities
were located
in the Midwest and east of the U.S. Carbondale, Illinois, came
in second and also has the lowest
labor costs
with a median annual income of $ 17,764.
Meanwhile, immigration restrictions make it more difficult to import the cheap
labor that would
be competitive
with overseas operations; for an example, see the debacle now taking place
in Alabama after the enactment of a draconian immigration law.
High unemployment coupled
with a dropping
labor force
is a powerful one - two punch
in the economy's stomach.
«And at this stage of the game,
with inflation BELOW target and plenty of slack
in labor markets, that could very well
be a mistake.
If the 2006 study continues to
be correct, the
labor force participation will continue to drop, taking the unemployment rate, which hit 6.7 %
in December, down
with it.
According to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, more than 70 percent of mothers
with children under 18
are in the workforce.
Asia
is the most buoyant
labor market
with a 6.4 percent rise
in wages expected for 2016.
«I don't see raising the target range for the fed funds rate above its current low level
in 2015 as
being consistent
with the pursuit of the kind of
labor market outcomes that we
are charged
with delivering,» he said.
Trump's choice to
be Labor Secretary, Andrew Puzder, has seen his own confirmation indefinitely postponed
in the Senate amidst delays
with his ethics paperwork.
Some experts question whether the ACA
's employer mandate makes much, if any, difference when there
's a solid business case for providing health care:
With unemployment low and the
labor market tight, benefits give employers an advantage
in recruiting and retaining the best workers.