Sentences with phrase «focusing on bargain»

It forced all those third - party referral sites to start focusing on bargain books more than on free ones.

A problem solver, focused on bargaining for win - win solutions with a substantial record of achieving exceptional results in highly competitive environments by taking a consultative sales approach.

Not exact matches

When an employer reduces pay to offset its payroll tax increase, it could focus on workers who have less bargaining power — typically those with low wages and benefits to begin with.

Starbucks also has fully embraced Twitter beyond notifying consumers about bargains; @Starbucks focuses on sharing interesting events and music information or brand - and charity - related topics the company would like to address.

While the federal government's Treasury Board is focusing on sick leave in the current round of bargaining in the PSAC, our union is putting health first.

It need not trouble us that the man going on a journey is represented as a hard man driving a shrewd bargain for his own gain, for the parable does not focus on the character of God or of Christ.

He is more focused on finding the one bargain or youngster, which he thinks he can turn into a world class player, than actually producing real results.

Priced at roughly # 2m, he is proving to be the bargain of the season and other clubs have begun to focus on what gems could be unearthed beneath the Barca - Real dominance.

Corbyn today focused on strengthening domestic labour arrangements, including French - style sectoral wage bargaining, as a way of protecting incomes.

We shall focus here on two points: (1) the bargaining power of the working class and (2) the decommodification of labour.

His research focuses on civil war, conflict bargaining, and international security.

With the exception of «the grand bargain» and the idea of a Bruges - sized EU speech today's «Rebooting series» has been focused on the mechanics of governing, especially personnel matters.

His plan, the New Education Bargain, calls for community schools, lower class sizes, more career programs and a focus on early literacy — all things that have become state and national priorities.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prepared Tuesday to unveil full details of his two - year budget plan, which...

But according to the tenets of interest - based bargaining, focusing too much on objective criteria such as price, or salary in the case of faculty positions, can produce a tenuous agreement in which basic human needs — security, economic well - being, a sense of belonging, recognition, control over one's life — are not met.

The focus is on great bargains, but many posts also contain useful tips and tricks.

But using creative cinematography and moments of perfect pacing, Director Steven Spielberg focuses on the patience and persistence of a man who is unwilling to bargain with his integrity or give up on his mission.

For generations, they have been able to control policy change by focusing attention on the adults in the schools through the contract bargaining process, through labor laws in the legislature and through a supportive media environment.

They focused on the birth cohorts who would have attended school between 1959 and 1987, during which time duty - to - bargain laws were adopted in 34 states and prohibited in seven.

Though much of the report focuses on the state - autonomy part of the bargain, this section tries to remind the reader that increased accountability was a 35 - year cause.

Professional organizations of teachers, principals, and superintendents focus on collective bargaining and advocacy, not on setting evidence - based professional standards for educators.

The recently concluded 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been cited as a ground breaking contract focused on collaboration and including a new differentiated compensation system.

Though the advent of collective bargaining represents a significant development in the history of American education, most research and commentary about our schools focuses on other matters.

Their relative freedom from the constraints of state rules and, sometimes, excessively constraining collectively bargained contracts allows them to stay focused on their mission and to steer all their resources toward accomplishing it.

He also points out that collective - bargaining districts focus on seniority, protecting various benefits associated with longevity rather than pushing for higher pay.

I hired two new assistant principals, one focused on school culture and one on teaching and learning, and two teachers in the bargaining unit joined the leadership team as deans, to help with discipline and restorative justice.

«We think Abood was incorrectly decided from the beginning... but in addition to that, one thing that has changed which has brought the issue into more sort of a clearer focus is that unions have become more and more political, and it is becoming more and more clear that even the things they negotiate for in collective bargaining have a direct connection to political disputes,» Pell said on the call.

The focus on collaboration as a means for reform in public education comes at a critical time when teachers unions are facing attacks that threaten to destroy collective bargaining rights in several states.

Bargaining is much more likely to focus on better professional development than salaries.

The arguments and questions from the justices focused primarily on school funding, supervisory authority, local accountability, and the ability for charter school teachers to collectively bargain.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

They would also put severe restrictions on collective bargaining, and outlaw «sickouts» like the ones that finally focused attention on how bad the schools are.

While Malloy and his supporters focused on his so - called «apology» for claiming teachers need only show up for four years to get tenure, he never publicly said his anti-tenure, anti-collective bargaining position was a mistake.

Beginning in the 1960s, the AFT emerged as a labor union focused on collective bargaining with management; the NEA quickly followed suit, and the two unions competed to organize America's teachers in a framework that posited teachers as individual laborers.

The AFT has recognized that collective bargaining can be more effective if the union engages parents and communities and focuses on serving students better.

While their involvement was once intricately linked to teacher professionalism and school success, today they are locked in a mindset that is focused almost entirely on protecting collective bargaining rights and ensuring that tenure, seniority and uniform pay scales dictate who gets paid what, and who stays and goes in the classroom.

In an addendum to its response, the district expressed a willingness for further discussion on the union's desire to improve overall educational opportunities and outcomes; and those, the district said, «will occur within the collective bargaining meetings and within the consultation process as appropriate, and will involve use of sub-committees and focus groups as needed.»

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Bad news for Chevrolet, good news for bargain hunters: Selling the Cavalier against such newer models as the Honda Civic, Ford Focus and even the Dodge Neon has not been easy, and Chevrolet has had to offer some healthy rebates on the already inexpensive car to keep them moving out the door.

Either way, the Civic Type R is one of the best hot hatch bargains on the market, since its $ 5,000 cheaper than its closest rival the Golf R (sorry the Focus RS is now dead).

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Bit by bit, car by car, Kia is changing its perception as an also - ran, bargain - bin automaker to one that focuses on quality as much as it does style.

In the past, it has only been available for iOS and will give B&N further bargaining power for other companies that focus exclusively on the kids tablet market.

Instead of focusing on the «unfairness» of Amazon's offer, an objective journalist might focus on why Hachette normally pockets almost twice as much as Amazon on every sale — and possibly even ask some questions about the short - sighted decision - making that cause Hachette to be in such a terrible bargaining position with its biggest retailer.

However, the noticeable change in both sales and review ratings happened after Amazon altered the rules for affiliates, forcing affiliate sites to shift their emphasis to bargain books, which, in turn, in my opinion, caused authors to start offering novels at 99 cents (often as the intro book in a series) rather than focusing on free runs through Select.

Some were highly concentrated — the one common thing among them is a value style that focuses on a margin of safety to avoid large losses, and purchasing shares of companies whose assets are out of favor, where a bargain price can be obtained.

Donna Montaldo worked in the retail industry for several years as a regional store manager for a large junior apparel company, a buyer and sales representative of designer apparel and in a management position with the outlet division of the popular Liz Claiborne line before pursuing her current career of 12 years as a columnist focused on writing about coupons and bargain hunting.

Bargain Issues — here Graham focuses on «average past earning power» and compares it with current market value and recommends stocks which have high earnings yield (i.e. low P / E) ratios based on average plus a strong balance sheet.

By being focused on bottom up bargains, absolute returns, and capital preservation, he's naturally inclined toward timing opportunities not timing the next market turn.