Sentences with phrase «mass public actions»

Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions bring together a global network active in over 188 countries.

McKibben supervised two mass public actions, the People's Climate March in New York City in 2014 and the 2015 Global Climate March.

350 uses online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions to oppose new coal, oil and gas projects, take money out of the companies that are heating up the planet, and build 100 % clean energy solutions that work for all.

Not exact matches

Flores said the mass action in front of DA will be followed by a public forum on the impacts of monopoly capitalists to the agriculture sector titled «Going Against the Grain: Resisting the Neoliberal Attacks on Agriculture and the Way Forward to a Food - Secure Future.»

Members of the farmer - scientist group MASIPAG will be holding a wide range of activities from Luzon to Mindanao including mass actions, public forum, media conferences and organic food and products display, among others.

I call him an employee in a society that just accepts how large companies will lie to get around stuff, blame a figure head so when the mass public become upset they can remove the figurehead without removing the actions that make them money, move along a few years and we see the same stuff happening again.

Nestlé launched Pure Life water in Brazil shortly afterwards, demineralising water from a spring in the water park in the historic spa town of São Lourenço, which had an adverse impact on other springs and the tourism industry, leading to a mass petition which prompted a civil public action by the public prosecutor.

«Unless ministers abandon their ideological plans to hollow out the public sector, they will face industrial action on a mass scale on June 30th and beyond.»

Lawmakers will return to Washington today facing intense public pressure to break their decades - long gridlock on gun control, a demand fortified by a bipartisan group of governors calling for Congress to take action to protect against mass shootings.

In the past few months, the leaders of all the public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobpublic sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service jobPublic and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job cuts.

NEW YORK — Following the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which killed 14 and wounded 21 people, Public Advocate Letitia James took immediate action against TD Bank, N.A. and TD Securities USA, financiers of Smith & Wesson, which manufactured -LSB-...]

However they might be swayed by mass public opinion and action.

«Unless ministers abandon their ideological plans to hollow out the public sector, they will face industrial action on a mass scale on 30 June and beyond.»

The general public is invited to a mass action at the headquarters of the BNI at 6 am tomorrow.

Public policy and mass action are also at stake.

A sustainable city should have clear policies and comprehensive sanitation, waste collection and treatment, water management, with the collection, treatment, reuse and economy; transportation systems that favor mass transit quality and safety; actions that preserve and expand green areas and use of clean and renewable energy, and finally, public administration transparent and shared with civil society organizations.

In summary, Monbiot believes that the reason that the masses have not risen up to demand action on climate change is because they have been hoodwinked by a conspiracy to subvert the public understanding of the issues, paid for by vast corporate interests.

Defense of high visibility mass action toxic tort claims against major energy concern by residents of beach community for alleged contamination of public and private real property and for alleged exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and compounds

This leads to mass publicity, public sympathy, and often release without charge (Frances Olsen, «Legal Responses to Mass Protest Action: The Dramatic Role of Solidarity in Obtaining Plea Bargains» (2003) 41 Osgoode Hall LJ 363).

Actions aimed at the incitement of national, racial, or religious enmity, abasement of human dignity, and also propaganda of the exceptionality, superiority, or inferiority of individuals by reason of their attitude to religion, national, or racial affiliation, if these acts have been committed in public or with the use of mass media, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 500 to 800 minimum wages, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of five to eight months, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of two to four years.

Here are some highlights on the predictions offered by the panelists: 1) class actions are not going away; 2) the continued growth of mass commerce will continue to spawn class action litigation; 3) Justice Scalia's death will have a significant impact on class action jurisprudence going forward and the judiciary is likely to get less friendly to defendants in the short - term; 4) technology will make a big difference for the better in managing class action litigation; 5) defendants will continue to come up with creative, far - reaching ways of limiting class actions; 6) plaintiffs» attorneys will continue to bring class actions when a) they think they can make money and / or b) they think they will advance the public good; 7) there will be some good class actions and some horrible ones; 8) look out for states to pass new consumer protection laws similar to the New Jersey New Jersey Truth - in - Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA); 9) the TCPA and all - natural litigation booms will continue in the near future; 10) The CFPB will broadly define consumer finance services; 11) more class actions will go to trial; 12) what happens with the enforceability of arbitration clauses will have a big impact on the viability of many categories of class actions in the future; 13) look for more class actions in the federal courts in New York state.