Sentences with phrase «international labor movement»

That concept has come out of the international labor movement — that we realize the change in the economy is going to result in lost jobs, and nobody should suffer as a result.

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Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

Doing so enabled non-Islamist movements — student groups, professional syndicates, labor unions, etc. — to couch their grievances in terms that the international community recognized and supported, terms that semi-authoritarians also sometimes partly endorsed in order to appease their Western backers.

Joe was a great friend of Building One America, Building One New Jersey and of social justice As director of the New Jersey Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET) with the Laborers» International Union of North America (LIUNA), he a was skilled and committed advocate and fighter for working families and for the labor movement.

It examines forced as well as voluntary migrations and places these movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing, population exchanges, and demographic engineering in the service of nation - building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization.Inside, readers will find the work of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines.

This is Vinebaum's newest work in an ongoing series featuring the language of labor movements past and present, and in particular the language of the International Ladies» Garment Workers» Union.

In this hour, we'll travel Down Under to see a growing climate movement that is as diverse as it is, visiting a primary school where climate action is on the agenda and hearing from Sharan Burrow, general secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, about labor's vital role in the climate fight.

In a post here last May 1, I noted that Law Day originated as a direct response to May Day, the international celebration of the working class and the labor movement — a response meant to emphasize that the rule of law would prevail over unruly workers.