Sentences with phrase «cent of members said»

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It plans to devote 10 per cent of its revenues to organize workplaces and add new members, while also hammering out a mechanism that will allow students, retirees, the unemployed and others to join — something «that's never been tried before,» said Coles.

As Aimia's largest shareholder with nearly 20 per cent of the company, Mittleman said he's going to be an advocate on the board for creating shareholder value, something he predicted will spread among management and fellow board members.

The U.S. - based Railway Supply Institute, whose members build more than 95 per cent of all North American tank cars and lease more than 70 per cent, said about 55,000 new tank cars will have been put in service between 2011 — when the new voluntary safety standards were adopted — and 2015.

According to a recent survey of our members, almost two - thirds — 64 per cent — of the sixty - one companies surveyed said that Canada's investment environment has worsened over the past five years.

In a Fall 2016 survey of Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Members, 80 per cent of respondents said they support allowing ridesharing services to operate in our region — which is now the largest metropolitan area in North America without ridesharing services.

Sources close to Hermann Neuberger, the West German who's a member of FIFA's inner circle, say that at a critical stage in the negotiations Jo √ cents o Havelange, the Brazilian who serves as FIFA's president, received a call from a prominent USSF member.

I think we'd be lucky if ten per cent of our current membership levels say yes, they want to be members of the Labour party.»

And the association highlighted a survey of its members which found that 88 per cent said shooting gives them moderate to high - intensity exercise and 71 per cent said their levels of physical activity would suffer without shooting.

Today's pamphlet, Raising Lazarus: The future of organised labour, says that 62 per cent of workers support a collective voice in the workplace, but many potential union members are put of by the rhetoric of strife and struggle.

The research also found 16 % of members of the general public saying the change made it more likely they would back Miliband at the 2015 general election, compared to just four per cent who said otherwise.

Some 49 per cent thought the drawbacks of being a member outweighed the advantages - compared to 31 per cent who said the opposite, and 20 per cent who were not sure either way.

Just under half (49 per cent) of Unite members said they would vote Labour in an election tomorrow; 23 per cent would vote Tory.

He similarly canvassed for the allocation of 51 per cent of the gross income of all members of the executive and legislature at Federal, state and local government levels to the same cancer cause, saying, «you will see the wonder these deductions will do in early detection of cancer and its management».

Eighty - six per cent of members of the public say it is possible to be tolerant of the rights of others while being protective of the «traditional rights of many» at the same time, Widdecombe argued.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko, said former President John Mahama's government broke the Appropriation Act 2016 when it spent over GH cents 51 billion instead of the approved GH cents 43 billion.

Most remarkably, 39 per cent of Leavers said they would accept family members losing their jobs in order to achieve Brexit.

He said all the parties were in favour of reforming the Lords, all believed there should be at least 20 per cent of members from non-political backgrounds, all thought the remaining 92 hereditary peers should go, and all agreed the reforms should be introduced slowly.

The Member of Parliament for New Juabeng North, Dr Assibey Yeboah, speaking on the floor of the house, said there was no logic in giving out over 55 per cent waiver on a project that the country would have only 30 per cent shareholding in.

It said, «The staff members have witnessed their salaries peter away, receiving just about 32.50 per cent of their 2015 salaries.

Former Chairman, DAAR Communications and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said that 99.9 per cent of PDP members are with Senator Makarfi, the party's caretaker chairman.

Frank said over 95 per cent of the nPDP members gave Alhaji Kawu Baraje the authority to speak on their behalf and as such, the contents of his letter conveyed their feelings.

«The triggers for these burst of intense anger were associated with arguments with family members (29 per cent), argument with others (42 per cent), work anger (14 per cent) and driving anger (14 per cent),» said Dr Buckley.

The answer is yes, according to dating site Lovestruck.com, which says nine per cent of its male members have admitted to searching the site for someone they've seen on the Tube - seven per cent of whom were successful in finding that lucky lady.

«They know that a paying member is serious about dating and meeting a partner and they're not going to waste your time,» says Grainne Barry of Another Friend (anotherfriend.com), Ireland's largest online dating website with an estimated 60 per cent of the market share and some 587,675 registered users.

Considering the rising cost of university tuition and the widespread unemployment that makes it hard for young scholars to find well - paying work to fund it, Wade says his site has seen the number members who are university students grow from 30 per cent in 2006 to approximately 50 per cent last year.

According to a poll of members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), 17 per cent of the 235 who responded about hate crime specifically said they feel there has been an increase in hate crime or speech in the last year.

However, education secretary Justine Greening has said that rather than all teachers getting a one per cent pay rise, schools should be able to choose which members of staff get an increase, based on performance.

The Scottish Secondary Teachers» Association (SSTA) found that 91 percent of its 8,000 members supported action short of a strike, with 64 per cent saying that they would take strike action if necessary.

Seamus Searson, SSTA general secretary said, «At this early stage 96 per cent of SSTA members are prepared to take industrial action for an above inflation pay award in 2018.

According to a survey of 400 ATL members, 38 per cent said pupils suffered from physical health issues over the summer break, with 26 per cent claiming that pupils often went hungry over the period.

Ayfer Orhan, Enfield council's cabinet member for education, children's services and protection, said: «Ofsted has judged that 97 per cent of schools in Enfield are rated as good or outstanding.

A survey of 456 union members showed 53 per cent said their school didn't have a library.

TREB says its data show non-resident buyers make up 4.9 per cent of transactions and that most of them purchase a home «as a residence, a home for another family member to live in, or as an investment to rent out.»

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said 18 per cent of first - time buyers polled said they received a gift from a family member as part of their down payment.

In a survey of 2,000 members of the public by Cats Protection, more than 70 per cent said they wouldn't have a favourite colour if they chose to adopt a cat.

«In a survey of its members conducted by SMART, 40 per cent of respondents said they have been forced to reduce their staffing levels by one - quarter or more and expect that number to increase to half if the ban goes into effect as planned in 2019.»

Victoria lawyer Michael Mulligan, who initiated the requests for reconsideration, said only five per cent of LSBC members had to request the special meeting.

Though money was the main public focus of the lawyers» contract demands (a pay increase of 10 per cent over four years, the same conditions an arbitrator awarded Quebec's 450 Crown counsel), Dion says the real driver that triggered the civil lawyers» strike on Oct. 24, 2016 — and fuelled their desire to stay out even after the LANEQ's war chest was depleted and many members were in dire personal financial straits — was their indignation over the government's refusal to grant them the same right to a binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike as they did to the province's 450 - member Crown attorneys» union (the Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales).

However, only nine per cent of 117 Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) members surveyed said they were getting used to the new bill.

Only half of respondents (54 per cent) felt that their line manager supports their mental health, yet three in four line managers (73 per cent) said they'd feel confident in supporting a member of staff experiencing a mental health issue.

Some members of Gen Y Japan approve of this — 28 per cent said that they would do the same.

The Minister, who this year became Australia's first Indigenous member of a Federal Ministry, told the conference the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Asked if the 16 - member board of directors should be reduced, 55 per cent said yes.

But it will be the members ultimately who will decide their commission rate,» says Gerace, adding that while 90 per cent of the collective agreement signed by Re / Max Cornerstone will be common to all union members, the remaining 10 per cent may vary by office.

«Our mandate is to advise the Board of Directors about where the real estate industry is going,» says 31 - year - old Tanya Rocca, a member of Royal LePage's President's Club, which honours the top one per cent of sales reps. «It was felt my volume of business is an asset,» she says.

In response, GMREB president Patrick Juaneda issued a letter to board members, telling them that, «while also disappointed with the tone of the article», he and his board of directors were «100 per cent in support of the CEO» and they were «to say the least, dismayed and frankly appalled at the tactics being used by some people to undermine an individual who has always had the industry's best interests at heart.»

At the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, president Richard Admiraal said his members voted 93 per cent in favour of keeping the 53 - year - old board intact.

He says the GMREB Board of Directors is taking action based on the fact that 72 per cent of its close to 10,000 members rejected the status quo.

Many Canadian agents don't know they can make 25 per cent commission on the referring side, says Evans, a director of the Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) and a member of FIABCI, NAR and the Women's Council of Realtors.

«Seventy per cent of our members volunteer in one capacity or another and that to me is vital to building a better city and quality of life for our citizens,» says Goodfellow.