Sentences with phrase «middle class workers who»

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.

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The «comfortable» include most of our workers, the large middle class — those who have sufficient resources to afford decent housing, a new (or recent vintage) automobile every so often, occasional vacation trips, and numerous little amenities around the home.

What is clear is that his whole analysis was such as to create sympathy for the «little people» (workers as well as members of the lower - middle class) who were joining the Nazi movement.

The problem with the former, Moynihan argued, was that it actually redistributed income upward, taxing the poor to pay the salaries of middle - class social workers, teachers and other professionals who ministered to them.

«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.

«The Democratic field for Mayor this year was comprised of candidates who are passionate about improving the quality of life for workers, the middle class, and New York's most vulnerable, such as the poor and senior citizens,» said UAW Region 9A Director Julie Kushner.

«Labor Day is a day we celebrate the great American work ethic and those hardworking men and women who struggled to provide us with workers» rights and deliver us today's landmarks of middle class security, including the 40 - hour work week, child labor laws, pensions, a minimum wage, Social Security and Medicare.

Pat Purcell, a member of UP4NYC and the executive director of the Great NY Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust with the Laborers, said Mr. de Blasio's plan «will not provide middle class wages to the workers employed on what will remain mostly taxpayer subsidized luxury housing, and it will not significantly increase affordable housing production for New Yorkers who need it most.»

Citing the billionaire investor from Nebraska, who has met with Senate Democrats to discuss tax inequality, Obama said millionaires should not pay a lower tax rate than middle - class workers.

«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.

«Taking decent paying, middle class jobs with benefits away from experienced, dedicated, and caring state employees and replacing them with private, not - for - profit companies who fail to pay their direct care workers a decent wage hurts local economies and the quality of life for all New Yorkers, not just those receiving care,» CSEA's testimony stated.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins said the state's economic development strategy benefits the wealthy, instead of middle class and lower income workers who need the help.

And it's often middle class public sector workers who've have had their pay and pensions cut to pay for a debt they didn't create.

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».

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....

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.

One of the most significant labor - market problems facing the U.S. today is the number of workers whose middle - class jobs are slipping away and who are not prepared to adjust to a rapidly moving labor market.

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).

It is an issue for middle class private - sector workers who don't have traditional DB pensions.»

As someone who enjoyed a friendship with you prior to the fateful day when I dared to be the first to post honestly on safe withdrawal rates and also as someone who cares about the millions of middle - class workers who hopes for their financial futures have been destroyed by the Buy - and - Hold Crisis, I see it as a win / win / win.

Because the hungry pets of the homeless are being joined more and more by the hungry pets of people who simply are having trouble making ends meet... middle - class folks pummeled by the economy, white - collar workers recently laid off; the unemployed, the underemployed, single parents, heroic victims of domestic violence, proud war veterans, the disabled, fixed income seniors and more.

These dreams sustained the refugees he met, who hailed from all walks of life from workers to educated professionals, poor to middle class.

«Who'd have thought that a middle - aged, middle - class solicitor would be a champion of oppressed women workers?»

Field worker observations highlight the importance of kinship ties: «Johnnie's family and history are not contained in a single geographical area but rather in a kinship centered in two neighborhoods differentiated by social class and culture... Johnnie's mother, a beautician, lives in an inner - city St. Louis neighborhood... Johnnie's uncle, who works for the FBI, lives in the suburban middle - class area that surrounds Huntington High School [where Johnnie attends].»

With so many (too many) entering into the practice of becoming consumers» advisors in the real estate business, without the requisite practice; without the requisite background; without the requisite self - confidence; without the requisite detachment from the commission income mentality, it is no wonder that people such as: the dishwashers; servers; factory workers; truck / cab drivers; teachers; office workers; in general, the young and middle - aged unemployed who can't get a job anywhere else (high school drop - outs) etc. types of the world (none of whom are to be denigrated for their particular positions in the job market... except when they think that they are qualified to become Realtors after attending a few weeks of classes and memorizing answers to questions about which they have absolutely no hands - on experience with which to tie their memorized answers to), will willingly buy into paying someone else to professionally «augment» their individual «realities» on the internet.