Sentences with phrase «middle class workers in»

Prior to the March across the Brooklyn Bridge, a Press Conference will be held to discuss the issues important to middle class workers in New York City and State.

When your friendly CC scientist informs you that your are scheduled to freeze to death in your home for the crime of the greed perpetrated by your ancestors, take solace in the likelihood that the moderately paid overworked burgeoning middle class worker in the developing economies couldn't care a rat's because he's too busy raising a family and renovating his 2nd investment residence from wood heating into coal stove retro.

Not exact matches

In recent days, Sanders has stumped with striking Verizon workers, railing about large corporations destroying the middle class through cost - cutting and low wages that create economic stagnation and widen the gulf between the 1 percenters and everyone else.

Obviously this isn't the majority - the median wealth of people in the 55 - 64 cohort is something like $ 200,000 - but a non-trivial percentage of middle class workers ultimately reach this milestone.

While Starbucks coffee can be an everyday indulgence for urbanites in the West, with a price tag of 30 yuan (US$ 4.43) for a medium latte in Shanghai, it is still a brand with plenty of snob appeal — a status symbol for the emerging Chinese middle class and a «liquid luxury» for an average worker.

It is about whether we create enough security for middle - class consumers and workers to participate in the economy.

He's calling for something similar to another «New Deal» and he's talking about how the US will no longer sacrifice its middle class and its workers in order to «build a middle class in Asia».

The Labor Department's new proposal to update the overtime - pay rules would give millions of American workers a toehold in the middle class.

The longer Europe refuses to debate honestly about debt and the euro, and the the longer it suffers from stagnation and unemployment, the more credible the Front National becomes in denouncing centrist parties for sacrificing workers and the middle class to protect the interest of bankers.

The report delivered to Flaherty showed the income of Canadian middle - class families did not grow as fast as other income groups over the last 35 years, with male workers in middle - class families having seen «little wage increases» since the mid-1990s.

We believe the Bush administration will be under increasing pressure in 2007 to argue for a guest worker amnesty as the U.S. middle class begins to experience increasing home foreclosures in a market where employment in the lower - skilled job categories are increasingly difficult to find.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcIn countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

Unforgivably in the eyes of these latter, he was an unapologetic defender of the lower - middle - class moral traditions from which many knowledge workers of his generation had emerged and escaped.

He grew up in middle - class Seattle, the son of a parks - and - recreation worker and an administrator for an aeromechanics union.

The article takes the focus off the prosperous women whose child - care situations raised anxious questions when they were being considered by President Clinton for appointment as U.S. attorney general and instead examines a group it sees as the largest group of mothers frustrated in seeking good day care: middle - class working mothers in urban areas where nearly all the available caregivers are undocmented foreign workers.

Middle - class workers are today competing not just with cheap labour in the developing world but also with machines and algorithms that are ever cheaper and ever better.

In Latin America, populism has tried to include workers and middle class citizens socially dislocated by capitalism.

It was this arbitration process which led to the landmark Resorts World Casino contract in 2012, doubling workers» wages there overnight and rocketing them into the middle class.

She truly understood the vital role labor unions serve in strengthening our economy, and worked hand in hand with us to improve workplace protections, increase wages for America's working poor and middle class, and protect workers» health and retirement benefits.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands for ethics reform in government, supporting small businesses and middle class workers, and equality for all people, or a out of touch 1 % er who represents big business, back door politics as usual, and the conservative agenda,» Small said.

«By forming a majority coalition, the bold leadership of the IDC — who throughout their existence have carried most of the legislation important to workers — protects the values and visions of the working - and middle - class and ensures that important policy advances in the Senate.

In calling Labour a «bourgeoise workers» party», Lenin was essentially correct — it is a manual worker / middle class formation and is only successful on this basis, especially in present timeIn calling Labour a «bourgeoise workers» party», Lenin was essentially correct — it is a manual worker / middle class formation and is only successful on this basis, especially in present timein present times.

Workers from the Private Sector, Public Sector, and Building Trades will discuss their solidarity, and how they are standing together in opposition to attacks on middle class workers and their Workers from the Private Sector, Public Sector, and Building Trades will discuss their solidarity, and how they are standing together in opposition to attacks on middle class workers and their workers and their values.

Wisconsin Democrats reeling from historic losses in last week's election and grappling with how to bounce back say they must do a better job articulating their vision, particularly to working and middle class workers who used to be reliably on their side.

«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

Taxing the rich in the hope of freeing up the economic resources of the workers and the middle - classes — so they can afford to inject money back into the economy, the thinking goes — makes sense as a One Nation philosophy.

In the 26th District, Tercyak said his agenda again will focus on improving conditions for workers and the middle class.

«It is unfathomable that the Senate GOP wants to ask middle - class and low - income workers to pay more money for less coverage, all to cut taxes for insurance companies and the wealthiest among us,» the New York Democrat said in a statement.

«This race will be a choice between a community advocate who stands up for middle class workers and equality for all people, or an out of touch 1 % er who represents big business and the erosion of the working class,» Small said in a statement.

In my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workerIn my three plus years in the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workerin the Senate, I've delivered on my promise to ensure our region gets its fair share, which includes record school aid, lowering middle class taxes, enacting equal pay for women, and supporting a better business environment while protecting the rights of workers.

While hard - pressed localities will see no relief in the short term from Tier 6, they will be affected by loss of state services, downsizing and consolidation of vital facilities, along with other aid reductions and a further erosion of their middle class as workers get squeezed or have their jobs eliminated.

In 2010, these folks stayed home or voted for the Republicans / Tea Party types and in the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rightIn 2010, these folks stayed home or voted for the Republicans / Tea Party types and in the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rightin the wake of that election, we've seen assaults of middle class workers rights.

More than 35,000 people, including many teachers and public service workers, rallied outside the statehouse in Trenton on May 22 to tell Republican Gov. Chris Christie that «he can not balance the state's budget on the backs of the middle class.»

Middle class workers from all sectors will be joined by Denis Hughes, President of the NYS AFL - CIO, Gary LaBarbera, President of the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council, Mike Fishman, President of SEIU Local 32BJ and other labor leaders (list in formation).

The union has said it wants to «shift the balance in the party away from middle - class academics and professionals towards people who've actually represented workers and fought the boss».

College - educated middle - class workers, with material, cultural, and intellectual resources, are more resilient, however, when faced with the effects of possible insecure work in tough times, and therefore are more able to commit to marriage and to planning families.

The story is comprised of four separate vignettes, following the romantic misadventures of various characters in Rome - a retired American opera director tries to make a star of his daughter's father - in - law to be, who can only sing in the shower; a pair of newlyweds are separated for a day and have their fidelity tested by a prostitute, movie star and a burglar; a middle - class office worker unexpectedly becomes a celebrity targeted by the paparazzi; and an architect runs into a young man who reminds him of a younger version of himself - and is about to make the same romantic mistakes....

Cotillard's portrayal of a depressed factory worker forced to fight for her job and middle class life by prostrating herself in front of her coworkers and convince them to give up their bonuses to let her stay.

The whole idea of Zionism was summarized for us as an inverted pyramid: in Europe, Jews were mostly middle - class intellectuals, merchants, and financiers, resting on a narrow base of relatively few Jewish blue - collar workers and even fewer farmers.

After reading the poem «My Mother Pieced Quilts,» a middle school girl might lead the class in celebrating the life of a family of migrant workers and the mother who makes their story a work of art by piecing together remnants from their past into quilts.

«To secure a middle - class job, workers must be able to solve complex problems, think critically, communicate in English effectively, and use computers and other technology.

And we've found, across the public sector, that outsourcing services often sets off a downward spiral in which lower worker wages and benefits can hurt local economies and destabilize middle and working class communities.

A social worker who looked into the boy's case found that he also failed every class in the eighth grade, his last year of middle school.

Many black middle class families in this situation have adults who hold positions such as postal workers or sales clerks (Lacy, 2007).

, is that one of the complicating factors in a crisis is the tendency of policymakers (along with workers, creditors, small businesses, and middle class savers) to change their behavior in response to a crisis by taking steps that protect them from the consequences of the crisis but that also make the crisis worse.

Unlike public - sector workers and our elected officials, most middle - class wage earners in the private sector lack the inflation - indexed defined benefit pensions the public sector enjoys, which are ultimately backstopped by taxpayers.

Shugart was also told middle - class workers «get lesser government support for their work transitions,» referring to a sharp fall - off in employment - insurance benefits compared with other economic groups.

While factory workers are clinging by their fingernails to a middle - class lifestyle, there's another group that is having a heck of a lot of trouble getting there in the first place.

Missionization By the time European explorers arrived in the Santa Barbara Channel, there were some 21 villages on the three largest islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz, with highly developed social hierarchies that featured an upper class of chiefs, shamans, boat builders, and artisans, a middle class of workers, fisherman, and hunters, and a lower class of the poor and outcast.

While these fuels may have brought into the production process primarily to increase profits for the owners of a business, the mechanical work of machines has had secondary benefits for workers especially with the advent of consumer durables and Fordism, the ability of those in the lower middle and working classes to afford major energy using devices like automobiles.