Sentences with phrase «labor issues in»

He was a contributing author to the Hartford Business Journal on labor and employment matters through 2003, and has been interviewed for commentary on labor issues in periodicals nationwide.

Frank Gehry did not return calls about labor issues in building his Abu Dhabi museum.

2014 Biennial artist Fred Lonidier speaks about his work detailing labor issues in light assembly plants in Tijuana.

Doctorow ties together real - world economic and labor issues in the context of an online game in this graphic novel.

Considering that Starbucks has been progressive on LGBT and labor issues in the past, it's disappointing that it is working with the biggest villain of them all, Monsanto.

«While we certainly support the issues laid out in this agenda... it frustrates us that in this time of Trump and the national rhetoric attacking the Labor Movement that the National Democratic party has not seen fit to include one labor issue in its policy platform,» the eight members of the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference wrote in a letter to two party leaders.

Not exact matches

Deep policy divisions appear to exist between the business and labor groups: The report cites the «majority» of members preferring to focus on issues outside trade deficits in favor of a «mutually beneficial» trade deal, sentiments to which the labor union representatives dissent in favor of promoting U.S. investment and jobs.

«This is a pro-business issue,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the nonpartisan Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. «You have a lot of firms that lose workers; making child care accessible and affordable can increase the labor pool.»

Pilots and flight attendants plan to strike for four hours from 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 15, the Anpac union said in a letter to the airline, adding that they're campaigning for the right to negotiate collective labor agreements, as well as on issues including social security, health care and vacation planning.

In July, the Department of Labor issued guidelines to clarify the distinction between employee and freelancer for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act — and the new interpretations are not favorable to the new - economy model.

Garrett and other fiduciary financial advisors see the recently issued fiduciary rule passed by the Department of Labor as a major step in the right direction of controlling the costs of advice to investors.

The United States Department of Labor tackled this issue another way in April, by saddling advisers with fiduciary duty, meaning they must act in the best interests of their clients.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes in his own party to pass the measure.

«Inclement weather is one of those issues that engenders some strong feelings,» says Eric Athey, the co-chair of the Labor and Employment Group at the McNees law offices in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers» rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that could bar them from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company's facility in Fremont, California.

That's one of many findings from Bentley University's PreparedU Project, launched to examine and discuss issues facing millennials in the labor force.

With recent discussion surrounding the hot - button issues of writing for free and interning for free, unpaid reviews are in some ways simply the next step in demanding payment for labor.

One of the issues raised by China Labor Watch is that workers in the factories lacked a mechanism by which to lodge complaints.

«The issue with the employee may be that they're not understanding the importance of what you're telling them,» theorizes Michele Williams, a professor at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations in the department of organizational behavior.

A frequent writer and lecturer on employment law topics, Rosenfeld is experienced in the areas of federal laws pertaining to employment issues, EEOC, ADA, termination matters, employment liability and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

But when workers sue over labor issues — discrimination, for example, or wrongful termination — companies sometimes find that the contractor designation, which they thought would protect them from liability, doesn't hold up in court.

But in Germany the labor movement remains strong, and on workplace issues the mainstream political parties, the Christian Democrats as well as the Social Democrats, are well to the left of their American and British counterparts.

University President Drew G. Faust said administrators «will be very adamant» in maintaining the division between academic and labor issues.

As reported in NFIB's Jobs Report on Thursday, labor quality remains as the top issue facing small business owners, with 89 percent of those hiring or trying to hire reporting few or no qualified applicants.

The Duty of Diligence contained in the Department of Labor fiduciary rule will require advisors to employ a standardized, systematic and repeatable process when issuing advice, our Kim O'Brien says.

«Some of the regulatory issues that have been put in by state and local governments, some of the capital constraints that the independent builders are facing, the labor shortages in a lot of markets, have all conspired to make this a very difficult recovery for new - home builders,» said Rick Sharga, chief marketing officer at Ten - X, a real estate auction company.

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to voluntarily align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anticorruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues.

Almost everyone I've seen as an in house labor and employment attorney has done similar work for a law firm but most have not focused on this aspect of law in school or have a theoretical grounding in labor and employment issues.

Although TPP is often seen as another in a line of treaties aimed at liberalizing trade further, a more important goal may have been to «raise the bar» on trade, and to set up a body of rules, including on environmental and labor issues, with which to create pressure for countries like China to comply.

«If D.C. does get chosen, we have some real issues with how Amazon does business, in terms of fair labor, equitable hiring, and equitable practices for people of color and women in particular,» Sneed said.

The rule, which was issued on Thursday and which the Labor Department estimates will directly affect more than 1.1 million people once fully in effect, enables workers to accrue up to seven days of paid sick leave a year.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

this week the Minister of Finance held his seventh National Policy Retreat with business, academic and other «experts» to discuss job creation and economic growth, particularly «issues» related to «skill shortages, labor mobility, internal trade and promoting investment in Canada.»

The Department of Labor has issued back - to - back guidance, in the form of frequently asked questions, for advisors as well as for investors and workers regarding its fiduciary rule, which takes effect on April 10.

«Economic growth is an important factor, but there are also huge structural issues in the labor market that we need to address,» says deputy minister for economic affairs

Ever since the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups began filing lawsuits to overturn the Labor Department's fiduciary rule in 2016, legal experts have speculated the issue would ultimately find its way to the Supreme Court.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

The most important labor debate in the country right now isn't the minimum wage issue that President Obama spent so much time on in his SOTU speech this week.

«I applaud Commissioner Kaufman, Assistant Attorney General Tom Lawrie and their entire staff for their willingness to take prompt and aggressive action in a complex case involving multiple parties, tribal immunity and related issues,» said Maryland Secretary of Labor Leonard J. Howie III in a statement.

Unless specifically contracted in writing, many independents can be held responsible for legal issues arising from their labors.

Her resourcefulness as an advocate has been significant on many issues, most recently in the long process leading to the fiduciary rule adopted by the Department of Labor.

The AIDS pandemic in Africa may be a generic social issue for a U.S. retailer like Home Depot, a value chain impact for a pharmaceutical company like GlaxoSmithKline, and a competitive context issue for a mining company like Anglo American that depends on local labor in Africa for its operations.

«Although the French government has introduced or announced a number of measures intended to address these competitiveness and growth issues, the implementation and efficacy of these policy initiatives are complicated by the persistence of long - standing rigidities in labor, goods and services markets as well as the social and political tensions the government is facing,» Moody's said.

One of the most challenging points to get across about this issue in general is that a larger proportion of the exploitation resides inside forced manual labor, rather than in sex slavery.

But by the time the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor released its annual International Religious Freedom Report two months later, events unfolding in the Middle East had compelled her to reconsider the issue.

The currencies of laboring fundaments revolving around systemic issuances of the civil and even the moral duties may one day dry out and we here in the USA will find the ends means of welfare capitalisms to be as a blockage within status quo partisanships giving rises to and toward just the opposite of long nurtured agendas within passive welfare issues long held holdings.

Here again, evangelical media could have a crucial role in focusing the thinking and concern of their adherents on issues like world hunger and the plight of our urban minorities — issues that correspond to the problems of slavery and child labor which 19th century evangelicals successfully attacked.

Nevertheless, the new liberal church will labor to make people confront the issues in the context both of Christian community and of their own individual discipleship.

And how well did that work for slaves the first 300 years, child labor exploited and coal miners and factory workers suffering horrific working conditions and safety issues in the early 1900's, women still fighting the glass ceiling that exists, etc.?