Sentences with phrase «important group of workers»

Because what would be good for this large, important group of workers, would also benefit the rest of our nation.

Instead of praising those plans, congressional Democrats should be doing more to protect this large and important group of workers.

Not exact matches

This concept was supported vigorously by important labor and left - wing Zionist groups, including the radical Marxist Ha - Shomer Ha - Tzair kibbutz movement, the Ahdut Ha - Avodah socialist party, the Poale Zion Smol (Left Workers of Zion) party, and the Mapam party (which at one time embraced the other groups); and by such significant political figures as Haim Margalit - Kalvarisky (a member of the Zionist Executive), Bert Katznelson (a founder of Ahdut Ha - Avodah and of the Histradut federation of labor), and Henrietta Szold (the first woman member of the Zionist Executive and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America).

«Tony Avella has shown a true understanding of the issues important to postal workers and is a fighter for important labor rights,» said Tony Paolillo, president of the postal workers group.

For six years, a particular group of workers employed through contracts with the city, and filling important roles, saw their wages stagnate.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

(The piece has an important section reminding readers that the group of workers remaining in the pension plan for a full career is a small group.

For example, AWC (Art Workers» Coalition), an important group and organization that not only protested the war, but also helped to create a community of artists and lessen the discrimination against African - American and Latino artists.

As the largest single group of the rural health workforce and, along with Indigenous Health Workers, the entire health workforce in many remote areas, it is clearly important to understand the factors that attract and support nurses in rural and remote areas.

It should be an educational and self - evaluative process as well as a way for the social worker to get to know you and your family, help you determine what age of child would best fit into your home, whether a sibling group would work well, and what other important characteristics you would be willing to accept in a child.