Brian Higgins is a congressman for life because of his inpenetrable
labor support in a district where one in every 5 voters is in a union.
It's particularly problematic for the Senate Republicans, who have enjoyed
some labor support in the past and will need all the help they can get as they battle in a presidential year to retain control of the Senate.
As one of the largest unions in New York City, 1199 SEIU's endorsement is a significant boost to Lancman, who has secured the lion's share of organized
labor support in the race for the 6th Congressional District.
Mr. Bloomberg's assiduous courting of labor paid political dividends: after getting virtually
no labor support in his first campaign in 2001, he picked up dozens of union endorsements in his third - term victory in 2009.
Antenatal preparation and
labor support in relation to birth outcomes.
She has attended births as midwife, apprentice, birth assistant and
labor support in homes and in United States and Caribbean hospitals over the years.
Again, most of these stats are for continuous
labor support in general.
The staff of Northeast Doulas offers
labor support in the birthplace of your choice (hospital or home), and postpartum support from 4 - 24 hours per day.
Not exact matches
Indeed, the evidence I reviewed does not
support the view — expounded by the new Bank of Japan management — that by buying more longer - dated securities (i.e., running printing presses a bit faster) will boost upward pressures
in labor and product markets to bring stronger economic growth and an inflation rate of 2 percent.
Japan «s unemployment rate held steady
in October as the availability of jobs improved and household spending fell at a slower pace, a tentative sign that a robust
labor market is lending
support to domestic demand.
This reality, combined with the fact that just 10 % of the
labor force is now employed
in manufacturing, means that there is plenty of electoral
support for policies aimed at increasing trade.
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.
What else gets coal companies, some environmental groups, and
labor unions
in support of it?
«It's not uncommon for Unions to band together
in support of each other during difficult contract negotiations,» Southwest's senior vice president of
labor relations, Randy Babbitt, told Fortune
in a statement.
On tech and innovation
in particular, there are stark differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with one candidate offering something close to a wish list for Silicon Valley, and the other
supporting trade,
labor, and security policies that few there would endorse.
«The
support for Donald Trump was significantly higher
in local
labor markets more exposed to the adoption of robots,» they wrote.
Meanwhile, Mr Costello side - stepped the Democrats and struck a deal with
Labor, gaining full
support for the entire package
in exchange for tightening of anti-avoidance provisions.
Economic growth for the Eurozone is also projected to be above trend, 2.4 % this year and 2.0 %
in 2019,
supported by continued monetary stimulus, improving
labor markets, and healthy external demand.
Like zinc, crude and other commodities, the PGMs were
supported the last six months by lower output levels, as
labor disputes
in South Africa — the world's largest platinum producer and number two largest palladium producing country — disrupted operations.
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.
David is coordinator of ICCR «s Bangladesh Investor Initiative, a global collaboration
in support of the Accord for Fire and Building Safety; member, Steering Committee of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment; member, Advisory Group of the newly formed Responsible
Labor Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance and former chair, Advisory Board, Global Social Compliance Program.
«A successful guest worker program will help alleviate the current
labor shortage
in the residential construction sector, quicken the rebuilding efforts
in Texas and
support the overall economic growth of this nation,» said NAHB Chairman Granger MacDonald
in a press release.
U.S. wage gains are feeding higher inflation and solid consumer spending,
supporting profits
in the face of rising
labor costs.
Looking ahead, the government maintained its outlook that the economy will continue «recovering,»
supported by an improvement
in labor and income conditions and the effects of fiscal spending.
Moreover, to
support a stronger economic recovery, the FOMC is purchasing long - term Treasury securities at a rate of $ 45 billion per month and agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) at a rate of $ 40 billion per month, and will continue purchasing assets until it sees substantial improvement
in the outlook for the
labor market, conditional on ongoing assessment of benefits and costs.
That's why President Barack Obama's chief economic advisor
supports the Department of
Labor's effort to amend the definition of fiduciary
in retirement plans.
In support of this hypothesis, we saw that places with less - effective labor markets for CEOs were typically associated with a greater disparity in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leader
In support of this hypothesis, we saw that places with less - effective
labor markets for CEOs were typically associated with a greater disparity
in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leader
in the performance of firms run by managers, relative to firms run by leaders.
The
support network is a key element
in any franchise operation because it helps to resolve problems such as an unexpected need for supplies or
labor, troubleshooting
in case any point of sale systems go down or help to resolve any HR problems.
This week, President Obama made a speech
in which he vocally
supported the Department of
Labor's new proposed fiduciary rule, which sets new uniform rules to ensure financial advisers always act with their clients» best interest
in mind.
«For the Fed, the underlying momentum is more important
in terms of policy decisions, and that looks to be strong,
supported by a tightening
labor market, rising incomes and high consumer confidence,» Gregory Daco, head of U.S. macroeconomics at Oxford Economics, told Reuters.
A number of skeptical analysts have used job growth
in the lower - wage «leisure and hospitality» sector to
support their arguments that the
labor market is merely optically healthy.
With the favorable backdrop for US consumers
supported by the robust
labor market and the ongoing strength of housing and stocks, we think fundamentals remain
in good shape.
Most Supreme Court watchers are predicting that a majority of justices will side with the petitioner — Mark Janus, a child
support specialist for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services — against
labor in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31.
Instead of
supporting this attempt — a drive that has the positive consequence for world peace that it will limit U.S. military adventurism (much as the Vietnam War finally forced the dollar off gold
in 1971), Krugman is using the crisis to attack China — as if its success is what is harming U.S.
labor.
The word means literally a flowing -
in — an inflow of capital, of skilled immigrants and other
labor, of technology, and of foreign
support.
In cooperation with Professors Charlotte Alexander (Georgia State) and Javad Feizollahi (Georgia State) and with
support from a U.S. Department of
Labor grant, FLP just completed a comprehensive download of all material available via the WOR, and updates the download daily.
«All things considered, the economy still appears to be on a solid footing,
supported by a confident consumer sector — one with an optimism that is fueled by growing income and a strong
labor market and is well positioned to spend more
in the coming quarters,» said Jim Baird, chief investment officer for Plante Moran Financial Advisors.
The strength of the
labor market, allied with rises
in the stock market and
in housing, provide further potential
support for consumer spending.
The Consumer Federation of America, along with Better Markets and Americans for Financial Reform, is preparing to file an amicus brief later this week
in support of the
Labor Department rule.
The pace of wage growth has been restrained amid excess slack
in the
labor markets, but the
labor force participation rate has recently stabilized and
labor markets are currently nearing full employment,
supporting core inflation.
Editorials attended to
labor unrest and
supported activities meant to reduce injustice
in the workplace.
If you believe
in the dignity of
labor, it makes sense to
support an infrastructure program that allows more people to practice the habits of industry.
That,
in fact,
in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap
labor, exploit unjust
labor systems,
support despotisms, take advantage of conditions
in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit
in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?
Yet, like the state, the school, the business and the
labor union, the institutional church has its own distinctive sphere and task — not to save us from the state, once again, but to mediate God's saving grace, to nurture its members
in the faith and to
support them
in living the life of obedience before God
in Christ.
As long as that War was
in progress, it was important to the capitalist system to have the
support of organized
labor and to give enough aid to the poor to prevent appreciation for Marxism from arising among them.
Milosz, like other literary Nobelists, may have been selected for a political reason — to express
support for the rising Solidarity
labor movement and other oppositionists
in Poland.
In the years between the fifth and the nineteenth century the vast majority of missionaries had been monks, professionally religious, and their financial
support had come either from the
labors of their own hands, from their converts, or from princes.
In obedience to this, Christians must oppose segregation at every level and in every form; they must support the rights of labor to organize for collective bargainin
In obedience to this, Christians must oppose segregation at every level and
in every form; they must support the rights of labor to organize for collective bargainin
in every form; they must
support the rights of
labor to organize for collective bargaining.
The Israeli
Labor Party, which governed Israel from its beginning as a state
in 1946 until Prime Minister Menachem Begin took power
in June, had avoided cultivating the kind of American evangelical
support expressed
in the recent newspaper ads because it knew that to engage
in religious arguments over national boundaries would be self - defeating.
Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels
in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos
in public housing;
supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism
in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims
in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research
in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and
labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality
in the local and diocesan church.