Sentences with phrase «increase public faith»

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Faith in Public Life: People of Faith Support Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61 %).

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

Labor, community and faith groups held a vigil at the Capitol Monday to call on lawmakers to pass a significant raise in the state's minimum wage, increasing support for public schools...

Working with the new majority in the Erie County legislature, I have been able to secure a new ethics law that increases transparency and reinforces public faith in the integrity of elected officials.

«But to solve the pressing problems that require public acceptance of well - established science — from global warming to vaccinations to the increasing overuse of antibiotics — scientists must indeed inspire more public faith in their methods and their mutually enforced trustworthiness.»

Add to this the constant media drip of scary scenario's and politicians using it to raise taxes, and increase control, IMO, this is where the public starts to loose faith.

The penalty fees were increased in January in an attempt to give the Bureau's battle against pollution more impact and to enhance the public's faith in the crackdown.

Its members, who are dedicated clergy and faith leaders from different denominations and communities throughout the U.S., lead a national effort to increase public awareness of the theological and moral basis for advocating reproductive health.

Launched in 2002 by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us — individuals, businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits — can work together to increase the number of mentors to help ensure positive outcomes for our young people.