Sentences with phrase «include groups of workers»

Examples of class action lawsuits include groups of workers alleging exposure to asbestos and homeowners suing their insurance companies for rejecting black mold claims.

Wal - Mart's critics — including a group of its workers backed by labor unions - say the retailer pays its hourly workers too little, forcing some to seek government assistance that effectively provides the company with an indirect taxpayer subsidy.

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Several of those groups, including the National Restaurant Association, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Food Marketing Institute, had been fighting hard for what they referred to as «transition relief,» extra time for companies that must provide health insurance to their workers under the new law to implement the changes without having to fear financial penalties for not doing so properly.

This group of Uber employees flew into Miami for 10 days in part for a work retreat, and in part to act as a kind of advance squad, whose duties include networking with hospitality workers, scouting venues, and recruiting Miami Uber drivers.

Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer - directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers» compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services.

Our particular areas of focus in our Immigration Practice Group include: H - 1B (Temporary Foreign Workers), L - 1A / L - 1B (Intracompany Transferee Executives or Managers; Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge Professionals), E-2 (Treaty Investor), EB - 1 & O - 1 (Extraordinary Ability in Athletics, Arts, Sciences, etc.), EB - 1 (Multinational Managers & Executives), EB - 2 (Advanced Degree), EB - 3 (Skilled Workers, Professionals, Unskilled Workers), EB - 5 (Immigrant Investor), TN (NAFTA Professionals), J - 1 (Exchange Visitors) visa categories, and Labor Certification (PERM applications).

This group cites self - funded savings (55 %) as their expected primary source of retirement income, including 43 % who expect to rely on income from 401 (k) s, 403 (b) s and IRAs, and 12 % who have other savings and investments — that's according to the 17th annual Transamerica Retirement Survey of Workers.

The provincial government announced earlier this month it was adopting a series of recommendations from the premier's LNG working group study, including the adoption of a foreign workers strategy and a workforce planning coalition.

Our group, though small, is amazingly diverse, including homeless men and women, university and seminary students, people whose addictions are still active and others who are in recovery, young professionals and social workers, a mix of ethnicities and even a handful of «normal» folks.

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).

But in the past few weeks the sector took a fresh round of hits when franchise group Aussie Farmers collapsed, RFG announced an $ 88 million loss and flagged up to 200 franchise - run stores would close, while pizza giant Domino's reported disappointing results on the back of franchisees complaining about a brutal business model, and Caltex announced it was ditching its franchise model days before a damning report was released by the workplace regulator that found 76 per cent of its franchised stores had payroll compliance breaches that included underpaying workers.

Abrams E, Eliminating vertical transmission, Rights here, right now: Slide presentation at XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18 - 23, 2010, Vienna, Austria ICAP Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV slide set ICAP Video, Saving two lives: Improving retention, adherence & psychsocial support within PMTCT services, Uploaded by ICAP Columbia on 3 Mar 2011 This video is a component of the «Improving Retention, Adherence and Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: A Toolkit for Health Workers,»; reinforces key PMTCT messages; can be shown to a wide range of audiences, including PMTCT clients, family members, and caregivers of HIV - exposed and HIV - infected children; including in clinic waiting rooms, as part of group education sessions, and in the community.

A group of 16 actresses — including Sarah Jessica Parker, Jane Fonda and Natalie Portman — has sent a letter to Cuomo in support of a higher minimum wage for workers who rely on tips in New York.

Trump's Republican Party spoke to two groups of American voters: the far right base of the GOP, and to the near two - thirds of Americans who feel the country is heading in the «wrong direction» — many of these will include America's working families, steelworkers and coalminers, bridge - builders and road - pavers, retail workers and restaurant staff to whom the socio - economic forces of globalization and stagnant wages have been woefully unkind.

Mr. Halloran is one of the most colorful characters on the City Council, and his bio includes the fact that he is the leader of a local Pagan group, had a videotaped confrontation with a ticket agent, and sparked a Department of Investigations inquiry after he claimed that he personally knew of sanitation workers who deliberately sloughed off snow removal during a blizzard to protest Bloomberg administration policies (the investigation found no truth to the claims).

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

This matches the anarchist belief in a broad conception of agents of change including workers, peasants and oppressed groups.

Thirty - seven NYC Council members, including Speaker Christine Quinn and one Republican (Peter Koo), have weighed in on the ongoing Williamson Mott's strike, sending a letter to the president of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group that calls on the company to return to the bargaining table with unionized workers.

The labor group RWDSU has a membership of about 100,000 that includes supermarket, department store and car wash workers.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

The court room at the Syracuse federal courthouse was filled with supporters of De Leon - Aguilar, including members of such groups as the Syracuse Peace Council, CNY Solidarity and the Workers Center of Central New York.

Its founding members include the animal rights group New Yorkers for Clean Livable and Safe Streets (NYCLASS), Communications Workers of America union Local 1180 President Arthur Cheliotes and Wendy Neu, the CEO of Hugo Neu Corporation.

Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) gathered this past Fri, Mar. 14th, to announce the group's endorsement of State Senator Adriano Espaillat in his bid to represent the 13th Congressional District, which includes Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

The large group of A-listers, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman and more, signed onto a letter sent to New York's Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo demanding that he sign a bill to raise the minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers, the New York Post reported.

So far, Shafran has collected endorsements from several labor groups, including the Teamsters Joint Council 16 and UFCW Local 1500, one of the state's largest grocery workers union.

The races have seen an influx of outside cash on behalf of both the Democratic and Republican candidates, including labor groups like the Communications Workers of America, the state teachers union, and super PACs like Friends of Democracy and Common Sense Principles.

«The first group of critical workers to be included in the scheme are airside workers.

Feiner also indicated he will forward copies of grievances to the group representing USPS employees, the American Postal Workers Union along with continuing to follow up with politicians, including President Trump.

However, since quitting the shadow cabinet in protest at Corbyn's leadership in July 2016, Alexander has come under pressure from pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, including some local activists who are also members of the far left Alliance for Workers» Liberty.

Several unions and community groups are expected to show up in force, including the United Federation of Teachers, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Service Employees International Union Local 1199, along with NY Communities for Change, Strong Economy for All and the Working Families Party.

The wage schedule will apply to all airport workers, including groups that had been cut out of previous minimum wages.

Groups participating in the press event included New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), Citizen Action of New York, Strong Economy for All Coalition, NYS Council of Churches, Hunger Action Network of New York State, Indivisible, Communication Workers of America (CWA), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), and the Fiscal Policy Institute.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

The group will use the money to fund outreach workers at each of the city's eight elite specialized high schools — including Brooklyn Technical High School and Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School — to help improve their dismal stats on diversity.

Locally, Alexander has come under pressure from the pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, including from some activists who are also members of the far - left Alliance for Workers» Liberty.

The union is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 years.

Speaking before a group that included dozens of union workers at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Pelosi ripped President Donald Trump over his policies on health care, his travel ban and decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord.

ALBANY — A group of 126 elected officials — including 19 New York City Council members — is making a last ditch pitch for a $ 15 - an - hour wage for fast - food workers.

The lineup of opposition groups includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

Besides providing consulting services and support for disabled workers and employers, the foundation has an R&D group of highly qualified and experienced engineers whose areas of expertise include electrical and mechanical engineering, signal processing, software development, and ergonomic design.

Ongoing research in the lab includes examining the influence of chronic sleep restriction on human performance, the influence of space flight on sleep and circadian rhythms and the application of his research to night workers - including medical residents and police - through the work of the Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group.

A team led by anthropologist Joseph Henrich of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, tested this with members of groups including nomadic African herders, Colombian fishermen, and Missouri wage workers.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

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.

Our Medical Advisory Board is comprised of a wonderful group of experts in all of the areas that impact your weight loss journey, including board certified physicians, registered dietitians, nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers.

Resurrecting the Lord of the Undead is an eclectic group of trashy vamps played by Parker Posey and professional wrestler Triple H, the former playing the whiniest vampire this side of «Buffy,» and the latter wearing steel fangs, an array of increasingly ridiculous - looking outfits (including a puffy blue vest that makes him look like an MTA worker) and a yappy lapdog (yes, literally: It's a Pomeranian).

Director Adam McKay's highly entertaining THE BIG SHORT is the story of how coincidence met opportunity for that group of «outsiders and weirdos» — who include Dr. Michael Burry (Christian Bale), Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and his team of dedicated workers (Hamish Linklater, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong).

The school's unique structure meant that children were members of four different peer groups: their classmates of the same age; their dormmates of various ages (which in my case included an older boy by the name of Shimon Peres); the coeducational members of their youth group; and their fellow workers on the farm.