-LRB-...) Keidanren, the largest and most
influential business lobby group, seems willing to recommend that its members prepare for the first increase in base salaries since 2008, when they enter spring negotiations with labour unions.
Not exact matches
A BBC report claimed that official departmental
business was discussed during visits on which Patel was accompanied by Lord Polak, the honorary president of Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), an
influential lobbying organisation.
The Republican - controlled State Senate opposes any increase in the minimum wage and
influential business groups will
lobby aggressively against the plan.
When the subject of cancelling contracts (which is government's right) comes up, the immediate response from the
influential wind power
lobby is that to do so will incur lawsuits, and wreck Ontario's reputation in the
business / investment world.