Sentences with phrase «for middle class workers»

The most important skill for middle class workers isn't being taught in American schools is from Quartz.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands up for middle class workers and equality for all people, or an out of touch 1 % er who represents big business and the erosion of the working class,» Small said in a statement.

«This report demonstrates the need to address long term housing costs, develop opportunities for middle class workers, and to help create a New York City that middle class families continue to seek out as a place to call home,» Quinn said.

Not exact matches

«The issue is not that middle - class workers are doomed by automation and technology, but instead that human capital investment must be at the heart of any long - term strategy for producing skills that are complemented by rather than substituted for by technological change.»

And here we have young workers, itching to get started, and they can't because there are no jobs, or no middle class jobs, for them.

It would offer a mixed bag for individuals, including middle - class workers, by roughly doubling a standard deduction that does not require itemization, but eliminating or scaling back other popular itemized deductions and exemptions.

While Starbucks coffee can be an everyday indulgence for urbanites in the West, with a price tag of 30 yuan (US$ 4.43) for a medium latte in Shanghai, it is still a brand with plenty of snob appeal — a status symbol for the emerging Chinese middle class and a «liquid luxury» for an average worker.

It is about whether we create enough security for middle - class consumers and workers to participate in the economy.

The more it's paid by capital, the more progressive it is and the less harmful it is to the middle class; the more it's paid by labor — or, at least, labor apart from executives like the CEO — the worse a deal it is for average workers.

He's calling for something similar to another «New Deal» and he's talking about how the US will no longer sacrifice its middle class and its workers in order to «build a middle class in Asia».

The longer Europe refuses to debate honestly about debt and the euro, and the the longer it suffers from stagnation and unemployment, the more credible the Front National becomes in denouncing centrist parties for sacrificing workers and the middle class to protect the interest of bankers.

The lower wage growth for middle - class workers can be attributed partly to technological changes that have increased the demand for skilled workers, it says.

We believe the Bush administration will be under increasing pressure in 2007 to argue for a guest worker amnesty as the U.S. middle class begins to experience increasing home foreclosures in a market where employment in the lower - skilled job categories are increasingly difficult to find.

Women, men, children, unemployed people, excluded and oppressed people, workers, landless peasants, communities suffering from racism, impoverished city dwellers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals, migrants, small business people, outcasts, declining middle classes - citizens - are asserting their dignity, demanding respect for their human rights and natural heritages, and practising solidarity.

For a long time, «white middle class Americans» was an expansive cohort that ran from factory workers to doctors, lawyers, and other professionals.

What is clear is that his whole analysis was such as to create sympathy for the «little people» (workers as well as members of the lower - middle class) who were joining the Nazi movement.

He grew up in middle - class Seattle, the son of a parks - and - recreation worker and an administrator for an aeromechanics union.

The article takes the focus off the prosperous women whose child - care situations raised anxious questions when they were being considered by President Clinton for appointment as U.S. attorney general and instead examines a group it sees as the largest group of mothers frustrated in seeking good day care: middle - class working mothers in urban areas where nearly all the available caregivers are undocmented foreign workers.

She truly understood the vital role labor unions serve in strengthening our economy, and worked hand in hand with us to improve workplace protections, increase wages for America's working poor and middle class, and protect workers» health and retirement benefits.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands for ethics reform in government, supporting small businesses and middle class workers, and equality for all people, or a out of touch 1 % er who represents big business, back door politics as usual, and the conservative agenda,» Small said.

For all the changes the area has gone through, it's held on to a large part of its middle class core: white and blue collar civil servants, private sector professionals, union workers and small entrepreneurs.

«The Democratic field for Mayor this year was comprised of candidates who are passionate about improving the quality of life for workers, the middle class, and New York's most vulnerable, such as the poor and senior citizens,» said UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner.

It also shows how it is becoming increasingly difficult for workers with only a high school education to enter the middle class.

Workers» compensation reform, rejection of most tax and fee increases, full funding for a middle class tax cut, and $ 2.5 billion for clean water were all pushed by Senate Republicans.

Pat Purcell, a member of UP4NYC and the executive director of the Great NY Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust with the Laborers, said Mr. de Blasio's plan «will not provide middle class wages to the workers employed on what will remain mostly taxpayer subsidized luxury housing, and it will not significantly increase affordable housing production for New Yorkers who need it most.»

«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

«The results have not been good for California's women and children, for workers, nor for California's economy, especially if you measure a thriving economy by the number of good - paying middle class jobs.»

Latimer did not vote on School Funding, Raise - the - age, extending the Millionaire tax, renewing the Affordable New York tax abatement, Excelsior Scholarships to fund college expenses for middle - class families at CUNY and SUNY schools, workers compensation reform, all so he could stroll the River Thames with his girlfriend.

In the 26th District, Tercyak said his agenda again will focus on improving conditions for workers and the middle class.

«It is unfathomable that the Senate GOP wants to ask middle - class and low - income workers to pay more money for less coverage, all to cut taxes for insurance companies and the wealthiest among us,» the New York Democrat said in a statement.

In my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workers.

«Taking decent paying, middle class jobs with benefits away from experienced, dedicated, and caring state employees and replacing them with private, not - for - profit companies who fail to pay their direct care workers a decent wage hurts local economies and the quality of life for all New Yorkers, not just those receiving care,» CSEA's testimony stated.

In 2010, these folks stayed home or voted for the Republicans / Tea Party types and in the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rights.

He noted the budget included workers» compensation reform and full funding for a middle class tax cut while rejecting many of the fees and taxes proposed by Cuomo.

The largest state worker union, the Civil Service Employees Association, calls it corporate welfare and a «tax giveaway to business at the expense of local communities and middle class jobs,» Ron Deutsch is with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, a coalition of unions, environmental and social justice groups.

And it's often middle class public sector workers who've have had their pay and pensions cut to pay for a debt they didn't create.

A middle - class Danish drama detailing the crumbling marriage of a one - time library assistant and a downbeat factory worker, Honeymoon served as an ideal showcase not only for August's abilities as a director, but his talents as a screenwriter as well.

The story is comprised of four separate vignettes, following the romantic misadventures of various characters in Rome - a retired American opera director tries to make a star of his daughter's father - in - law to be, who can only sing in the shower; a pair of newlyweds are separated for a day and have their fidelity tested by a prostitute, movie star and a burglar; a middle - class office worker unexpectedly becomes a celebrity targeted by the paparazzi; and an architect runs into a young man who reminds him of a younger version of himself - and is about to make the same romantic mistakes....

Cotillard's portrayal of a depressed factory worker forced to fight for her job and middle class life by prostrating herself in front of her coworkers and convince them to give up their bonuses to let her stay.

The whole idea of Zionism was summarized for us as an inverted pyramid: in Europe, Jews were mostly middle - class intellectuals, merchants, and financiers, resting on a narrow base of relatively few Jewish blue - collar workers and even fewer farmers.

So it's disappointing that Weingarten did not use this opportunity to call for retirement security for all public school teachers, our largest group of college - educated, middle - class workers.

Shugart was also told middle - class workers «get lesser government support for their work transitions,» referring to a sharp fall - off in employment - insurance benefits compared with other economic groups.

It is an issue for middle class private - sector workers who don't have traditional DB pensions.»

As someone who enjoyed a friendship with you prior to the fateful day when I dared to be the first to post honestly on safe withdrawal rates and also as someone who cares about the millions of middle - class workers who hopes for their financial futures have been destroyed by the Buy - and - Hold Crisis, I see it as a win / win / win.

For middle - class office workers, it used to be part of one's weekly routine to drop off their slacks and dress shirts at the dry cleaner's to get them cleaned and pressed.

When your friendly CC scientist informs you that your are scheduled to freeze to death in your home for the crime of the greed perpetrated by your ancestors, take solace in the likelihood that the moderately paid overworked burgeoning middle class worker in the developing economies couldn't care a rat's because he's too busy raising a family and renovating his 2nd investment residence from wood heating into coal stove retro.

While these fuels may have brought into the production process primarily to increase profits for the owners of a business, the mechanical work of machines has had secondary benefits for workers especially with the advent of consumer durables and Fordism, the ability of those in the lower middle and working classes to afford major energy using devices like automobiles.

Those job losses hurt hard - working Americans, and we have to ask ourselves: Do we want even more middle - class factory workers to be handed pink slips and left to look for service jobs at half the wages?

The company was initially named Mystic Workers of the World, a fraternal benefit society that was designed for providing financial protection for the growing middle class of the Midwest and the Northern States.

They were originally called the Mystic Workers of the World, a «fraternal benefit society designed to provide financial protection for the growing middle class of the Midwest and Northern states».