Sentences with phrase «in labour matters»

Prior to his appointment he was a long - time partner with Koskie Minsky, representing unions in labour matters.

Not exact matches

BERLIN, May 2 - Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Labour leaders should participate in deciding staff - related matters, «but it (co-determination) should be confined to this and it should not give rise to a claim to co-management,» Porsche told Stern, calling for a «separation of powers.»

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters)- Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

In some ways, that was just a matter of domestic Canadian cheap labour being edged out of jobs by foreign cheaper labour.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

In the 1960s, the Harold Wilson Labour government forced secondary schools to become comprehensive and the Catholic system changed in a matter of years almost as if going comprehensive was something to be done «in the spirit of Vatican II»In the 1960s, the Harold Wilson Labour government forced secondary schools to become comprehensive and the Catholic system changed in a matter of years almost as if going comprehensive was something to be done «in the spirit of Vatican II»in a matter of years almost as if going comprehensive was something to be done «in the spirit of Vatican II»in the spirit of Vatican II».

No matter how well play, when it all seems that all Is going well in our team, injury will somehow someway striker a key player and from that moments, other key players starts over labouring themselves and ended up injured as well.

No matter what is written on her birth plan, a woman in labour is entitled to change her mind.

I could say what a miracle it was to see this sweet life enter the world, or how I admire the strength and grace with which Roxanna (and mothers everywhere for that matter) laboured and gave birth, or how the love and joy in this little family as they welcomed J made it hard for me to keep back tears.

Garrison (personal communication) reports that Narcan, which is sometimes needed by the baby to counteract the sedating effect of pain - relieving drugs such as pethidine (demorol), given to the mother in labour, can be effectively administered via the mother's veins in third stage, waking up the newborn baby in a matter of seconds.

There will be a «Comfort in Labour» workshop, led by the author of Why Home Birth Matters, Natalie Meddings, as well as a Q&A session followed by tea and a chance to chat with other soon - to - be mothers.

Winning general elections is all about managing expectations — so it really matters that many are quietly deciding the Labour leader is more likely to end up in Downing Street after polling day.

It's about being on the doorstep, speaking to your family, friends and neighbours, fellow Londoners, fellow citizens in the country, saying the next election matters, this is why I think you should vote for Labour.

Matters are brought up to date in an interesting postscript, comprising interviews with two of the leading lights of the current Labour party, Harriet Harman and Stella Creasy.

Labour could then legitimately have some ownership of a successful verdict and if Corbyn can show that he stepped up when it mattered and displayed real leadership, it could help him in the eyes of the public on his long and difficult journey to Downing Street.

Though normally voting with the Labour Whip, Thornberry voted against her party's government on national security matters, regarding the detention of terror suspects without charge for 90 days in the Terrorism Act 2006, on the same matter for 42 days in the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and against the renewal of Trident.

As the creator of what has come to be known as Corbynomics, my ideas on what is now known as People's Quantitative Easing, progressive taxation, tackling the tax gap and other matters caused quite a stir in the Labour leadership race.

While Labour ran away, the real progressive party in British politics was willing to go into the lions» den and fight for justice where it matters: in government.

«Only two parties matter, neither of them is Labour,» he asserted, before expressing that Labour had wasted their time in power: «thirteen years of Labour government — what a mandate, what a disappointment.»

I am sure that, despite his protestations, Vince Cable would feel better in bed with the Tories than with a Labour leadership which can be unrealistic and inconsistent on economic matters.

Assuming Mr Clegg accepts the convention that, until and unless our voting system is changed, what matters is seats, then he is saying if Labour remains the largest party it should have a shot at staying in office.

Bluntly, your hope is that an issue that matters to you and to many educated middle - class people (but not to most Labour voters, who may well regard the idea in the same way as many Conservatives, as a way to give unfair influence to Liberal Democrats), electoral reform, is important enough to form an electoral alliance over, despite the fact this would leave many party members unable to vote (and who would get to stand in say Durham or Redcar anyway?).

The matter could be clarified by a change to Labour's constitution, but that would have to wait until the party conference in September.

The extent of insults aimed at Miliband, emanating from No 10 on a matter as sensitive as response to the use of chemical weapons, suggests the prime minister has personally authorised a concerted counter-attack on the Labour leader as he seeks to divert blame before the new parliamentary term, which begins on Monday, and before a meeting of G20 leaders, including President Barack Obama, in Russia on Thursday.

As I have argued elsewhere, as a matter of electoral strategy, the Labour Party must signal to the millions of traditional Labour voters who vote to leave the EU in June that, after the referendum, there is still a place for them in the Labour Party.

Earlier, in the official debate, procedure committee chairman Charles Walker - whose report has been used as the pretext to push the matter through - prompted a standing ovation from Labour MPs as he declared he had been «played as a fool».

This issue of tax and secrecy jurisdictions also matters to republicanism for another reason: the operation of tax havens has the effect of shifting the economic burdens of civic life from capital onto labour and supporting radical inequalities in wealth without the state being able effectively to regulate these economic dimensions of equality.

What happens in Wales under Labour matters not just to people in Wales but to the rest of the UK too.

Finally in the negotiations Labour were unwilling to make significant compromises in our direction on matters of real importance to us, such as the repeal of the legislation on identity cards.

No matter how great an opportunity these Olympian cock - ups provide for Labour to get their own back having had the Games plucked from Tessa Jowell's clutches, the spectacle is turning out to be symptomatic of a deeper change in British society; a transformation beyond the realms of petty political bickering.

It rarely mattered, since Labour's majority in England was usually large enough.

Ultimately, what matters more to Labour members, it seems, is having a leader who, as well as being a good communicator, is in touch with ordinary people and has strong political beliefs — something that is especially true for those who joined after rather than before the last general election.

They must make Labour's identity clear, demonstrate what it believes in and what it is for, and ultimately prove that the Labour Party still matters.

It is a matter of established fact that Tony Blair created more life peers than any of his predecessors: the government maintained, however, that the predominance of Labour supporters among their numbers was justified in balancing out the historic Conservative dominance in the Upper House.

Earlier this week, Lord Leveson warned off Commons Speaker John Bercow from allowing Labour to pursue the matter in the Commons.

Well maybe it's a problem that no one living in a strong Tory area will be able to secure a seat in parliament, because where I live it wouldn't really matter whether they had an open primary or they drew the names out of a hat - it ain't gonna be Labour winning this seat any time soon.

«Given the opportunity, Labour would devote itself to those selfsame things which really matter... whatever the outcome of the election tonight, these will be Labour's priorities in the parliament in the five years ahead.»

Seeing him continue afterwards is another matter, but the deputy prime minister used his speech to lay the mental groundwork for his remaining in power - even with Labour.

And I'd be surprised to find a citation that predates Mandelson's usage or any similar phraseology by anyone on the Left or, for that matter, a usage of «insurgency» about events within the then Labour Party that pops up earlier than New Labour in its more recent phase.

For too long, the Liberal Democrats have failed to provide the alternative to Labour, not least on the issues that matter to people in Manchester, such as the Congestion Charge, which we oppose.

But if those backbenchers start to make trouble, the Prime Minister may need to work occasionally with some combination of Lib Dem, SNP and even Labour MPs to assemble issue - by - issue majorities in Parliament, not least on the vexed matter of Britain's membership of the European Union.

The vote on gay marriage, in which Cameron was forced to negotiate with Labour to protect a bill which is widely despised in the party, did little to help matters.

And we need to organise in the communities we seek to represent so voters know that the Labour party exists to help them change the things that matter to them.

Leighton Andrews has been one of the most effective and committed Ministers in the Welsh Labour Government and it's a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to resign due to a conflict between his role as Education Minister in the Assembly Government and as a constituency AM.

Labour MP Stella Creasy told the new home secretary that «it's deeds, not words, that matter in this place».

In the end neither view mattered, Labour won the general election and questions over the long - term status of Welsh devolution were answered — it is here to stay.

This invaluable research showed voting intentions in the seats that actually matter at a level implying a 84 seat majority for Labour.

The Conservative Party and UKIP want an in / out referendum, Labour does not and the Liberal Democrats certainly recognise it as an important matter, even if leader Nick Clegg is refusing to come down on either side of the debate.

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