Sentences with phrase «in major backlash»

This resulted in major backlash from the public since other ride services canceled airport routes in protest.

Not exact matches

CNBC's North American CFO survey reveals sexual harassment policies for most major corps are already in place to avoid a #MeToo backlash.

The most notorious fee was the debit card usage fee, which barely got off the ground before banks axed it in the face of a major consumer backlash.

The major obstacle to a three - way deal was immigration, according to Merkel, who was forced into negotiations after bleeding support in the Sept. 24 election to the far right in a backlash at her 2015 decision to let in over 1 million migrants.

Instead, Xbox Live programming director Larry «Major Nelson» Hryb candidly took questions on stage from the crowd for 30 uninterrupted minutes, a refreshing reprieve considering the backlash Microsoft has continued to endure since unveiling the Xbox One in May.

Meanwhile, reports that major 401 (k) index funds run by Vanguard and TIAA - CREF have ownership stakes in the big three gunmakers have also prompted a social - media backlash:

There had been a major backlash against the Tamar Ridge brand in the late 2000s when it was still owned by timber company Gunns, which was in the spotlight over environmental issues in Tasmania related to a proposed pulp mill.

Outlawing all major news organizations would not only be illegal and unpractical, it would also be a bad political move as it would result in large - scale backlash.

When the senior Mr. Cuomo signed the executive order in 1983 — a major milestone for the gay community — Andrew Cuomo seemed intent on playing it down to blunt any backlash.

Osborne is also facing a backlash over major cuts to policing that he is expected to announce in next week's Spending Review, with a leaked letter from one of the UK's most senior police officers piling the pressure on the chancellor.

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

So far as the English Local Elections go - it's a major extension of control of English Local Government for the Conservative Party, but following on from results in 2003 that were still before Labour were hit by a backlash over the War in Iraq - if the Conservatives had failed to advance from 35 % in 2003 and Labour had held it's vote of 30 % then it would have been remarkable, it's still slightly up on 2006 for the Conservatives and Labour have only recovered marginally so far - it's a sign of continued revival of the Conservative Party, but also of a Labour revival, disappointing news for the Liberal Democrats who lost support even compared with last year where elections were fought, heavy losses of support nationally compared to 2003.

I don't expect major changes in national vote share in 2020 necessarily but we could see UKIP still around 10 - 15 %, losing votes to the Tories in marginal seats but profiting from a post referendum backlash at the Tories expense in Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire etc and old labour areas like Sunderland, county Durham, Rotherham, Oldham etc which the Tories have abandoned.

There was also no evidence that this backlash has in turn been a major cause of the resurgence of support for right wing populist parties.

Even then, many hiccups occurred as public opinion wavered between the idealism of the civil rights years and the backlash instigated by civil unrest in major cities during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

That was certainly true in 2010, when a voter backlash against Obamacare triggered a wave of Republican victories, especially at the state level, which in turn set the stage for major progress on education reform priorities in 2011 (rightfully dubbed «the year of school choice» by the Wall Street Journal).

After Russell and DJ lose their firefighter fathers in a major fire, they try to cope with their private grief and the community's adulation of their dads, as well as a public backlash.

The company also got major backlash from fans who say that the final product looks nothing like the demo they were shown at E3 back in 2010.

At the major E3 video game conference in June, Sony used the widescale backlash against Microsoft's plans to boost the popularity of its rival PlayStation 4 machine.

Nintendo received major backlash due to locking content behind a «Paywall» in Metroid: Samus Returns for the 3DS.

Just last week, the publisher was forced to shut down microtransactions (paid loot boxes) in Star Wars Battlefront II after the immediate fan backlash that came roaring through the internet after players realized they would have to basically pay more to unlock major characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker for the multiplayer mode (characters that were free in the first game, mind you).

As I detailed in my August 16 blog piece, Gelbspan said a major factor prompting him to become familiar with the climate assessments of skeptic scientists was a backlash of letters from readers of an article he co-authored with Harvard's Paul Epstein concerning climate change and the spread of diseases.

Having confessed to looking down at the man next to him in a sandwich store for asking for a plastic bag, Farndale goes on to describe his dawning realization that the green movement will suffer a major backlash if it continues to judge others for their eco «sins» or lecture people on what they should be doing: «It is, after all, a scientifically verifiable fact there is nothing in this world more annoying than being lectured by a pop star.

Facebook, which has over two billion users globally, including over 200 million in India, had faced backlash on the data scandal issue, prompting Zuckerberg to issue an apology for the «major breach of trust», and promising to take steps to protect user data.

There's a lot of Halloween hate out there, so I'm expecting major backlash over the news that Thanksgiving is taking off in Australia.