«We also want to see provisions
for union labor in the development of affordable housing,» said Maritza Silva - Farrell, RAFA Campaign Director.
«It is clear through ongoing discussions with REBNY and the labor unions that the city's original proposal does not provide the economics that would allow
for union labor and that is unacceptable to the Governor and Legislature.»
Not exact matches
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.
«This is a classic example of
union avoidance,» says Mark Price, a
labor economist
for the Keystone Research Center, a nonpartisan policy think tank in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
It will also have to negotiate increased pressure on
labor costs, with
unions having called
for a strike on Feb 22 to support demands
for a 6 percent pay increase.
Greece's largest
labor union, the GSEE, has called a general strike
for May 17 to protest the latest austerity package.
The square was declared off limits to demonstrations
for a third year running and police blocked points of entry, allowing only small groups of
labor union representatives to lay wreaths at a monument there.
Joshua B. Freeman,
labor historian and CUNY professor at Queens College in New York said he would call the contract a win
for the
union, while noting the increasing rarity of a strike of that size and length.
Horowitz, a former
labor lawyer, founded the nonprofit Working Today, the parent company of Freelancers
Union, in 1995 to provide a unified voice
for freelance professionals.
Pilots and flight attendants plan to strike
for four hours from 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 15, the Anpac
union said in a letter to the airline, adding that they're campaigning
for the right to negotiate collective
labor agreements, as well as on issues including social security, health care and vacation planning.
Labor unions have pushed
for approval of the pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would increase greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands.
In the emails, Clinton advisers discussed how to frame the candidate's «energy infrastructure» plan, which would call
for replacing old pipelines, repairing rail tracks and improving the electric grid in a way that would appeal to
labor unions, who had yet to endorse her at that stage.
Ben Wyatt's short - lived challenge
for leadership of the
Labor Party has highlighted the influence of the key powerbrokers, namely
unions on both the right and left.
Labor unions tend to argue that the opt - out system is essential
for their survival.
«The NFLPA has been holding events around the league at small towns to talk to small business owners about the pending lockout,» says Liz Mullen, a reporter who covers agents,
unions and
labor for the Sports Business Journal.
She previously served as director of
labor relations and was responsible
for working with the
unions that represent approximately 5,000 SoCalGas employees.
SEOUL / DETROIT, April 20 - General Motors» South Korean unit delayed a decision to file
for bankruptcy protection until Monday afternoon, after the automaker failed to reach a wage deal with its
labor union in time to meet a Friday deadline.
«It's not uncommon
for Unions to band together in support of each other during difficult contract negotiations,» Southwest's senior vice president of
labor relations, Randy Babbitt, told Fortune in a statement.
SEOUL, March 27 - General Motors said its loss - making South Korean operations would file
for bankruptcy if its
union did not agree to cut
labor costs by April 20, heaping pressure on workers and the South Korean government to swiftly agree a rescue plan.
The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks
for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector
unions such as teachers.
During her tenure at the Department of
Labor, Chao was criticized
for supporting the interests of industry over concerns raised by
unions.
Finally, a growing number of
union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct
labor law and instead are calling
for opening up
labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.
What's more, a number of
unions on college campuses are allying with non-governmental organizations, such as United Students against Sweatshops to hold corporations accountable
for enforcing
labor standards throughout their global supply chains.
The U.S. National
Labor Relations Act guarantees workers, whether they are in a
union or not, the right to engage in «concerted activities»
for their «mutual aid or protection».
In his State of the
Union in July, he said the law will let poor people adequately care
for their children, «eventually making [those children] more productive members of the
labor force.»
Tesla has a hearing before the National
Labor Relations Board in November
for charges that company supervisors and security guards harassed workers distributing
union literature.
To many old - timers in the
union movement, these «alt -
labor» associations are thus a meager substitute
for the real deal.
Bill Clinton's administration pushed
for NAFTA and Chinese accession to the World Trade Organization over the objections of
labor unions.
Barack Obama's administration pushed
for the Trans - Pacific Partnership, again over the objections of
labor unions, this time joined by many public health groups.
For decades, most French companies have had to follow restrictive
union labor agreements based on their sectors.
It would simply mean conceding that Europe does not yet have the institutions needed
for the currency
union to survive, and that the capital,
labor, banking and fiscal frictions that remain in place ensure that the flexibility eliminated by currency
union will re-emerge in more destructive ways.
«We can not sit on a council
for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism,» said a joint statement from Richard Trumka, the
labor union's president, and Thea Lee, its chief of staff.
He mocked them individually and as a group
for portraying themselves as champions of the middle class while opposing
labor unions.
The 2002 law, usually called McCain - Feingold, banned the broadcast, cable or satellite transmission of «electioneering communications» paid
for by corporations or
labor unions from their general funds in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general elections.
Addressing a
union audience gathered here
for Labor Day, Mr. Obama said he was glad not to be on the ballot but then sounded like a candidate himself as he went after the Republicans who hope to succeed him in the White House.
Labor unions and Rust Belt politicians, including Democrats, commended Mr. Trump
for fulfilling an important political promise he made during the campaign.
As we expand our business to include full in - house manufacturing of our vehicles, as is planned
for the Model S, there can be no assurances that our employees will not join or form a
labor union or that we will not be required to become a
union signatory.
Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized)
labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade
union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage
for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»
When German institutions — government, businesses and
labor unions — negotiated among themselves at the turn of the century a sharp reduction in wage growth
for its workers, they were obviously attempting to reduce German's high domestic unemployment by gaining trade competitiveness.
Although none of our employees are currently represented by a
labor union, it is common throughout the automobile industry generally
for many employees at automobile companies to belong to a
union, which can result in higher employee costs and increased risk of work stoppages.
The Obama Administration has made
labor enforcement a top priority
for trade policymaking and in so doing, has built trust with
union leaders and members of Congress.
Instead, he presents his proposal in the terms of a
labor -
union manifesto: «It is long past time
for faculty members to rise above narrow self - interest, give up the doctrine of academic exceptionalism, and agree to the same terms of employment as everyone else in the workforce.»
For instance, when a
labor union organizer is introduced as the head of a corporation's
labor relations department, he has switched sides.
Every
union worker is a capitalist selling his
labor and attempting to increase the price he can charge
for his
labor by creating a larger unit of
labor to bargain with.
He voted
for results that favored
labor unions even though he thought that
union successes tended mainly to impoverish other workers, because his philosophy of struggle implied that
unions should be allowed to employ their most powerful weapons.
Their plight is so desperate and so little noticed outside of Colombia — that the
labor union leaders in Bogotá who met with our delegation welcomed us with the words, «We have been waiting
for you
for 50 years.
The German universities expressed less opposition to the growth of Nazism in the 1930's than did the churches and
labor unions; their failure at this point has been attributed in large part to their neutral pursuit of truth without concern
for the life of the nation.14 By contrast, an example of intellectual responsibility occurred a few years ago when the University of Chicago was building a new cancer research hospital.
(Smaller people - to - people - sized businesses and
labor unions,
for instance, can also be more in the nature of mediating institutions.)
There are many forms of community in existence — family, neighborhood, school, the people one works with or plays with, the team one plays on or cheers
for, bridge clubs, political parties,
labor unions, Rotary clubs, Masons, the «solid south,» Florida versus California, the nation, and a host of other groupings in between.
In any case, it is clear that, as every papal encyclical and major Protestant pronouncement in this century on
labor has affirmed, trade
unions are an essential instrument of justice
for working people and an indispensable and positive part of democratic societies.