Sentences with phrase «by calling for a boycott»

Trump's supporters have decided to fight back against a judge's ruling against the president's second travel ban by calling for a boycott of Hawaii.

Colbert even spoke out in support of Hachette and its authors on his show by calling for a boycott, saying that Amazon «wants to control book selling, book buying, and even book publishing, and that is a national tragedy... if this is to be the new American way, then maybe it has to be changed, by law if necessary, immediately, if not sooner.»

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Trump has done the same to Apple, dinging it on the making of its popular products outside of the U.S. And he also called for a boycott of Apple after it refused to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Trump also called for a boycott of Apple following the company's refusal to aid the FBI in breaking encryption on the iPhone used by the San Bernadino shooter.

In a Chinese social media post on Saturday after calls for a boycott by some internet users in China, Balenciaga said it sincerely apologised to all Chinese customers and other shoppers over the incident, which occurred on Wednesday.

Trump called for a boycott of Apple products earlier this year after the company declined to provide the FBI with security - weakened software to help crack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

The backlash from the incident resonated around the world, with social media users in the United States, China and Vietnam calling for boycotts of the No. 3 U.S. carrier by passenger traffic and an end to the practice of overbooking flights.

Eleven companies so far have pulled their ads after a pushback by Parkland student David Hogg, 17, who called for a boycott of her advertisers.

After Apple declined to help the FBI crack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, Trump called for a national boycott of Apple products.

Munoz is under pressure to contain a torrent of bad publicity and calls for boycotts against United unleashed by videos that captured Dao «s rough treatment by airline and airport security staff.

NFL ratings drew attention this weekend, with widespread protests by players during pregame ceremonies and President Donald Trump calling for Americans to boycott the league.

The eventual downgrade to junk, aka non-investment grade, will make IL debt ineligible for investment for some of their major institutional investors (one of which has already called for a boycott of Illinois debt) which are restricted by mandate to purchase only investment grade muni bonds.

12th October 2017 This week: Chamber of Mines stands by its decision to boycott gala dinner; Rip up charter, provide tax incentives, back junior miners, says Maimane And, ANC will heed Joburg Indaba call for removal of Minerals Minister, says Mkhize →

Since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month, renewed calls for remedies to firearms violence have led to sweeping consumer boycotts and unprecedented moves by corporate America to distance itself from the powerful gun lobby.

Some shoppers, egged on by conservatives such as Fox News host Tucker Carlson, recently called for a boycott of Macy's, arguing the chain's hijabs are a symbol of poor treatment of women in the Middle East.

I call for a boycott of his show by all Catholics and by all of our Christian brothers and sisters.

They've publicly called for mass boycotts by producers.

Ive been supporting Arsenal for 65 years to say im dissapointed, well words fail me Why did we let the window slip by and not do the business in the begining get in quick and get our players signed and out as well but NO we buggered about with the DREAMER for 6 weeks dithering with expensive so called talent and what we get another Frenchman, soon we will be able to say we have the whole french international team here The way to go is to boycott the home games and make it known the fans run the club not the useless manager or the lackluster board who do nt know who plays for us and are not interested in football per say just the money Buy Kroenke out and let him go as well

I am certain it was not the intention of the 2010 Assembly Resolution to reward Nestlé for weakening its formula advertising policy by calling off the boycott, but that is what happened.

William Hague is leading a cabinet committee that is due to produce proposals about how to proceed with the so - called West Lothian question (it is being boycotted by Labour, who see the issue as a trap designed to make it harder for them to govern).

A spokesman for North Carolina Gov. Gov. Pat McCrory called Cuomo's ban on nonessential publicly funded travel to the Tar Heel State «hypocrisy and demagoguery,» and questioned whether Cuomo would ask the SU basketball team to boycott the upcoming Final Four because it is hosted by Houston, where voters last year defeated a non-discrimination ordinance.

Jemele Hill, an ESPN anchor who called for fans to boycott the NFL, has been suspended for two weeks by the network.

The PDP candidate's Campaign DG had earlier joined the APC and the LP to call for a boycott of the supplementary election, despite a contrary view by the national leadership of the party.

Perhaps before calling for the contracts to be banned, they might start by boycotting their own campaign donor?

In a roll call vote Thursday night by a unanimous State Committee, the Georgia Green Party called for a travel and tourism boycott of Georgia if Governor Deal should fail to veto HB - 87.

That plan was condemned by environmental and wildlife groups, and led to calls for a tourism boycott.

A motion put forward by the East Ayrshire local association has called for the EIS ruling council to «instruct the EIS to ballot for a boycott of all SQA related work unless SQA assessment can be managed within the 35 hour working week».

Choices to consider: 1) Push Congress to make the law right, 2) call for a moratorium on testing if they can't produce a reauthorization we can live with and prosper by, 3) boycott testing now.

A recent article by Chicago Teachers Union staff coordinator and activist Jackson Potter inspired me to renew my call for the use of boycotts to fight corporate school reform.

Some frustrated authors are calling for a boycott of Amazon and signing an open letter drafted by Douglas Preston.

Among the many reasons Stallman gives for boycotting Amazon are that the company sells ebooks and digital music that deprives customers of their rights through restrictive licensing, that the Amazon Kindle - or Swindle, as he calls it - uses proprietary software and contains backdoors through which Amazon can delete books and update software, that the company reportedly abuses its employees by making them work in sweatshops, and that it hurts independent bookstores, small publishers, and authors through its near - monopoly power.

The eventual downgrade to junk, aka non-investment grade, will make IL debt ineligible for investment for some of their major institutional investors (one of which has already called for a boycott of Illinois debt) which are restricted by mandate to purchase only investment grade muni bonds.

The group has also called for a boycott of businesses in Holmes County until the commissioners move to end the auctions; a similar but unaffiliated ban has been taken up by many in the rescue community who refuse to buy Amish products.

In March, The Observer and The New York Times reported that more than 50 million people were affected by the data breach, causing a worldwide scandal, sparking multiple investigations into Facebook's practices, and calls for a boycott of the social network.

David Hogg, a student who survived the shooting last month at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday called for a boycott of companies that advertise on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show in response to a tweet that mocked Hogg by saying he «whines» about college rejections.

Hogg and several other students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School responded by calling for an advertising boycott of Ingraham's show and tweeting a list of companies people could contact to demand they yank their ads.

Alyssa Milano has joined pals Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard in calling for fans to boycott any publications that run photos of celebrities» children by sharing her own personal plea online.