Sentences with phrase «general strikes of»

Ben and Cristina's #Right2Work dinners are hitting the road, with upcoming events in New York City on May 1, Atlanta on September 1, San Francisco on November 22, D.C. on January 18 2018, and a general strike of restaurants and rally in Philly on May 1st, 2018.

During the General Strike of 1926 the party opposed the general strike, arguing that the best way to achieve social reforms was through the ballot box.

Their very first strike action tagged «the general strike of the plebeians» occurred because they saw with indignation how their friends, who had often served the state bravely in the legions, were savagely chained and reduced to slaves at the demand of Roman aristocratic creditors.

My brother blazed the trail by setting off just after the General Strike of 1926, helping to stoke the boilers of an ancient coal burner as it steamed across the Pacific Ocean.

Not exact matches

Valeant also announced Friday the appointment of former U.S. deputy attorney general Mark Filip to advise a committee it has struck to investigate allegations in a report from Citron Research.

In a press conference today, Russian Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Colonel Sergei Rudskoy, said Syrian military facilities had suffered only minor damage from the strikes.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, told news media that the strikes hit three targets inside Syria.

Six Hezbollah members, including a top commander, and one Iranian general were confirmed killed in the strike, which was followed by threats of severe retaliation from Hezbollah and Tehran.

The consumer electronics chain had struck a deal just before its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware, which will see a sale of up to 2,400 of its stores to the U.S. wireless provider Sprint and its biggest shareholder Standard General.

Sanders maintained his support for the striking Verizon (vz) workers, and brushed aside the comments from executives of both Verizon and General Electric (ge).

In December, as Greek policy - makers approved yet another round of budget cuts — tough legislation that caps salaries at state - owned companies, cuts many state salaries by 10 % and diminishes collective bargaining power — some 20,000 protestors jammed the streets in the country's seventh general strike that year.

In response to these US Air Force allegations, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major - General Igor Konashenkov told Russian media on Saturday that «most close - midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.»

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, told National Public Radio last month that air strikes could have the objective of targeting senior leaders among the Islamist militants, safeguarding infrastructure or «blunting attacks» by large numbers of militants, possibly to counter an assault on Baghdad.

Underscoring the breadth of the scrutiny, the people said, the Justice Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have discussed the possibility of striking a wide - ranging settlement to conclude many of the looming mortgage investigations from federal authorities and state attorneys general.

Phil LeBeau reports on why a strike at one of General Motor's Canada plants is being closely watched.

According to a report from Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair, Trump sees himself as being at «war» with Amazon and Bezos and is considering a number of ways to strike out, including canceling Amazon's potential multibillion - dollar contract with the Pentagon to provide cloud computing services and encouraging state attorneys general to investigate Amazon's business practices.

«You can't rule out any tactics out of hand, for example, a general strike.

During the Socred government years of 1983 - 84, he was head of the BC Federation of Labour, fighting Bill Bennett's «restraint» budget while B.C. teetered on the edge of a general strike.

A small portion of our hedge reflects staggered strikes (which provide a slight increase in defense at the cost of a slight reduction in «implied interest») but the broad behavior of the Fund is unlikely to be affected much by general market direction.

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on marijuana to federal prosectors Thursday, reiterating their leeway to prosecute federal marijuana laws as they see fit, regardless of whether the plant is legal under state and local law, he likely spurred future infringements on liberty, struck a blow against federalism, and defied public opinion.

9-05-1972 Leaders of the Québec Common Front go to jail for defying back to work laws during the April general strike.

During the «Day without Latinxs & Immigrants,» thousands of workers struck and thousands of students were absent from school Over 100 businesses closed during the march (partial list here) Photos here Video here Over ten thousand people marched in Waukesha today as part of a Day Without Latinxs & Immigrants statewide general strike.

It is necessary to point to striking cases like these in order to explain the general hypothesis that there are prehensions of noncontiguous occasions.

By making, each of us, a revolutionary rupture with a society based on injustice, and by paralyzing the death mechanisms of the money system — if necessary, by a well - planned general strike.

Things didn't really turn around until the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, which struck an emotional chord with readers and once again appealed to the general sweep of Scripture rather than the letter.

For example, it is a general or pure possibility that I might win the 100 - meter dash in the next Olympic Games, but this is not a real possibility given my creaky joints, advancing years, etc. «Real potentiality» refers to those possibilities for the ingression of eternal objects which still remain after one strikes from consideration the impossibilities which the conditions of a given, factual world eliminate from the horizon of any particular actual entity or set of actual entities arising out of that world.

She struck a radical pose in the nomination stage, but she was unwilling to try to persuade anybody of her rightness in the general election.

Not all but most sermons miss the chance to strike a blow for the kingdom that do not at some point hold up for general laughter some quality of the familiar common life of our time and place.

'» The cardinal in question was Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary - general of the Synod of Bishops, and not only were his voluble comments striking, they were also a bit disconcerting.

More striking than the prophecies of a general extension of shalom are the predictions that shalom will be extended to Israel's worst and bitterest enemies.

In a striking leader by its editor, the excellent Luke Coppen, the Herald encouraged its readers «to hold the Corporation to account, notably for the blundering and reckless coverage of the affair on the BBC's website» and urged the BBC's director general, Mark Thompson (himself a practicing Catholic) «to trawl through the archives of BBC News Online tosee how ignorant and one - sided reports of «Muslim outrage» helped manufacture a crisis for the Church that has endangered the lives of Catholics».

This particularism about heaven is a striking contrast to a general belief in the universal love of Jesus.

Understanding this tradition through secondary sources is risky, especially today; for much of what is now said about the Bible in general and this story in particular — for example, that it is sexist, or that it justifies the subjugation of women — strikes me as either erroneous or shallow.

The Church of England has voted to allow the ordination of women bishops, two years after members of the General Synod struck down previous legislation.

And when we move from such general characterizations to matters of detail, it is again the lack of consensus that is most likely to strike the believer as bad news.

further proof that Elohim is «spirit» in a general sense can be found in the Book of Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 12 where it reads: «For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.»

I am no fan of Christianity or religion in general; and perhaps I am a bit hypocritical since I am not averse to mocking at times to make a point (I even like the South Park parodies), but the flavor of this cartoon just struck a sour note with me.

Adding to the discussion, Jeremy Stockman, general manager of Hong Kong's top wine retailer Watson's Wine, delved deeper into the fine distinction between reduction and the otherwise struck - match character.

TUNICA, Miss. (July 22, 2015)-- Melonie Ducre Johnson joins the MGM Resorts International team as the new General Manager of Gold Strike Casino Resort.

Not with the general premise that he could do with a rest after looking a bit jaded in the last few games since coming back from his long haul travels during the international break, although Alexis does strike me as super fit and one of those players like Messi and Ronaldo that is happy to play all the time.

Salah was also keen to play down his own success by talking up the qualities of strike partner Roberto Firmino and the way he helps the team up front, as well as Jurgen Klopp's general tactics meaning he's always given plenty of opportunities to score, making his job easier in that department.

This was a striking blow for daily fantasy, although both companies were quick to react and have sued the New York attorney general to prevent the ban of DFS.

It is also to Kerzhakov's advantage that Russian football in general is short of the striking options it had in the past.

As I watch my little girl navigate the vicissitudes of life in general and childhood in particular, I'm struck by one recurring thought: you couldn't pay me a million dollars to be a kid again.

They had enormous support in the country but we never saw the levels of trade union support witnessed in 1926 with the General Strike.

Commenting on the Welsh teaching union's decision to strike on October 5 over pension changes, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this:

More recently, a wave of industrial action has broken out across southern Europe, culminating in general strikes in Spain and Portugal and associated stoppages in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.

(Note: I call them reformist in opposition to Arthaud and Poutou, the candidates from the OP, that are openly in favor of general strikes and popular revolutions).

The General Strike, the failure of the second Labour government, the «betrayal» by Ramsay MacDonald, the extent of the Parliamentary defeats, and the sectional and ideological divisions all shaped their political experience.

A CapTon viewer was struck by Andrew Cuomo's recitation last night of all the corruption - busting he's done as the state's chief law enforcement official and his plan to tell New Yorkers: «You know what I've done as attorney general, imagine what I'd do as governor.»