Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of
new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our
new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on
new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from
labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government
policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
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.
Employees work in approximately eight branches of the OCE, including Sustainable Development, Agricultural
Labor Affairs, World Agricultural Outlook Board, Climate Change Program Office, and the Offices of the Chief Meteorologist, Environmental Markets, Energy
Policy and
New Uses, and Risk Assessment and Cost - Benefit Analysis.
The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «
New Labour»
policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly on
labor.
Moreover, in Europe, Italy's
new Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has taken a different tack than his French neighbors by acknowledging that sustainable growth does not come from government spending programs but rather from
policies such as
labor market flexibility, job training and simplification of Italy's archaic civil justice system.
Every
policy tool available will be thrown at the
labor markets, up to and including possibly the creation of
New Deal - style make - work agencies.
It also contributed to the abolition of slavery, to a belated and partial humanization of
policies toward Native Americans, and to the more balanced approach to capital and
labor of the
New Deal.
In many respects, the
New Deal was less about income redistribution than about the recognition of «group rights» benefitting these cultural challengers, a recognition embedded in such
policies as the fostering of
labor unions, public works programs, and social insurance.
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.
Mr Joyce said while
Labor's
policy to restrict negative gearing to
new properties will make houses more affordable, it will erode the value of houses and pose a risk to banks.
The Szabos thought that seemed extreme and rather than succumb to the hospital's
new policy, a few weeks before her due date Joy moved into a Phoenix apartment 350 miles away from her husband and three children while she waited to go into
labor.
Worried about federal immigration
policies, a
New York
labor organization is taking steps to protect its own.
The
labor - backed Working Families Party in a statement on Wednesday afternoon pledged to be a check on Donald Trump's presidency and be a «bulwark» against his
policies in
New York.
As a visionary for
New York's economy, she has created a leading voice for business on economic growth, corporate governance, tax
policy,
labor, manufacturing, campaign finance reform, value creation, and education, among other issues.
We should be looking at a
new top rate for the billionaires or those making $ 100 million, According to Ron Deutsch, executive director of the
labor - backed Fiscal
Policy... (read more)
«Protecting the rights of
New York City's working families is a top priority of the de Blasio Administration and is the central focus of the recently - announced Office of
Labor Policy and Standards at the Department of Consumer Affairs,» said a spokeswoman for the mayor.
The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and
labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax
policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of
New York.
«It's another sad day in Albany,» Ron Deutsch of the
labor - backed Fiscal
Policy Institute recently told Karen Dewitt of
New York State Public Radio.
«I noticed that when England changed to Tony Blair, he pursued almost the same centre right
policies of Margret Thatcher and described it as
new labor.
The event Friday morning comes as Cuomo has taken an increasingly arch tone with President Donald Trump's administration and
policies, while also linking himself further to the
labor movement in
New York.
The
labor - backed WFP called on Cuomo to return that cash, insisting Koch's uber - conservative
policies aren't in line with
New York's Democrat - dominated ideology.
A decade ago,
labor groups and Democratic elected officials staunchly opposed the expansion of big - box retailers like Walmart into
New York City given the company's anti-union
policies.
At 8 a.m., City & State holds a «Changing the Minimum Wage» forum where speakers will include Senate
Labor Committee Chair Sen. Jack Martins, and Empire Center for Public
Policy President E.J. McMahon,
New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan.
The Employment
Policies Institute has placed a full - page ad in today's
New York Post, calling out Cuomo for his «uninformed views» on the $ 15 minimum wage, while the
labor - backed «Fight for $ 15» campaign has pro-increase front - page ads in numerous papers across the state (including a commemorative Daily News wrap).
Those attending the People's State of the State Rally included advocates and officials from The Fiscal
Policy Institute, the Hunger Action Network of
New York State, Interfaith Impact of
New York State, the
New York State
Labor - Religion Coalition, Physicians for a National Health Program and Reform Jewish Voice of
New York State, according to the Times Union of Albany.
List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of
Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of
New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of
New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal
Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater
New York
Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service •
Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road
New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro
New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI •
New York Association on Independent Living •
New York Democratic County Committee •
New York State Community Action Association •
New York State Network for Youth Success •
New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of
New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of
New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement
Public
labor unions have drawn heavy influence in
New York, both in the form of campaign donations and in public
policy debates.
But these very same
policies came at a political cost to Cuomo within his own party, angering public sector
labor unions and progressives who labeled him «Governor One Percent» and protested him during the 2011 Occupy demonstrations in
New York City and Albany.
In what has become an annual exercise, legislation to create a single - payer health care system in
New York state drew ardent support from
labor leaders,
policy wonks and regular folk who told often grueling stories of their experiences navigating the current for - profit system.
«Historically, if we look at the number of subsidies we've already provided to G.E. over the years to locate or continue their employment in
New York, they've certainly cut an awful lot of jobs,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal
Policy Institute, a
labor - backed think tank.
The
new rule, which was drawn up by the agency's Policy Committee, will employ a geographic definition of local labor that includes the eight counties of Western New Yo
new rule, which was drawn up by the agency's
Policy Committee, will employ a geographic definition of local
labor that includes the eight counties of Western
New Yo
New York.
The e-mail recalled a survey of the group's
New York members that showed 73 percent of them wanted to see a challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left, and the drama of the Working Families Party convention in June — where the
labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing
policies in his second term.
Labor, community, religious and
policy groups from around
New York welcomed a reported agreement to increase the state minimum wage to $ 9 per hour over the next three years.
In March, a subsidiary of Related Companies filed a lawsuit against Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater
New York and its president, Gary LaBarbera, alleging that the union's
labor policies drove up costs at Hudson Yards by more than $ 100 million.
It also prohibits secret harassment settlements involving state officials, and directs state
labor officials to create a
new standard for sexual harassment
policies for private companies.
«Scandals and ensuing inaction seem to be the «
new normal» in Albany,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal
Policy Institute, a
labor - backed think tank in Albany.
«Given the damaging and destructive tax and budget
policies coming out of Washington that seem to target poor and working class families, it's good to know that our state has some countermeasures in place that actually help struggling
New Yorkers,» said Ron Deutsch of the Fiscal
Policy Institute, a
labor - backed group that lobbies for the working poor.
«Her skills and passion will surely be fully utilized as Commissioner of DCA, especially in regards to the
new Office of Labor Policy and Standards, which will ensure that labor issues are addressed and that the rights of hard - working New Yorkers are m
new Office of
Labor Policy and Standards, which will ensure that labor issues are addressed and that the rights of hard - working New Yorkers are
Labor Policy and Standards, which will ensure that
labor issues are addressed and that the rights of hard - working New Yorkers are
labor issues are addressed and that the rights of hard - working
New Yorkers are m
New Yorkers are met.
Today it's getting harder and harder for families in Western
New York to make ends meet because of unfair
labor practices and Washington's failed trade
policies.
De Blasio will also announce the department will create a
new division for the recently formed Office of
Labor Policy and Standards which will work on labor issues for workers in the city and help to enforce specific labor laws, such as paid sick leave and commuter bene
Labor Policy and Standards which will work on
labor issues for workers in the city and help to enforce specific labor laws, such as paid sick leave and commuter bene
labor issues for workers in the city and help to enforce specific
labor laws, such as paid sick leave and commuter bene
labor laws, such as paid sick leave and commuter benefits.
«We should be looking at a
new top rate for the billionaires or those making $ 100 million,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the
labor - backed Fiscal
Policy Institute.
Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Lene Espersen, adds that Denmark encourages scientific entrepreneurship with «a skilled and flexible
labor force, and government
policy that nurtures
new and emerging technologies and innovative companies.»
Amalgamated, a left - leaning bank with roots in the
labor movement that manages more than $ 40 billion in assets under management, said it would adopt
new policies about lowering its exposure to the fossil fuel industry in its own investments and its loans.
The House Education and
Labor Committee last week approved by voice vote legislation to reauthorize — and reorganize — the Education Department's research branch, after rejecting a Republican effort to give the President authority to appoint the members of a
new board that would set research
policy.
School missions get diluted by repeated rounds of school reform; academics get crowded out by
new policy goals; principals become middle - managers carrying out the programs chosen by district administrators; and teachers become «
labor,» fulfilling contractual obligations instead of doing whatever is necessary to succeed.
Jack Jennings, author of the
new Harvard Education Press title Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools: The Politics of Education Reform, was witness to the evolution of federal
policy, working closely with Congress, first as a subcommittee staff director and then as general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and
Labor.
A
new study published by the Institute for the Study of
Labor (IZA) on August 2, 2016, outlines the implications of civic unrest for educational
policy and practice.
Weisberg was formerly the NYC Department of Education's chief executive of
labor policy and implementation and now works as vice president for
policy at the
New Teacher Project.
During his tenure, he made the MTA the voice of the profession and established the teachers union as a partner in developing and implementing state and federal
policy such as teacher - evaluation frameworks,
new curriculum standards, district and school accountability measures, while strengthening
labor - management collaboration focused on improving student achievement.
Two California community organizations, Black Organizing Project from Oakland and the
Labor / Community Strategy Center's Community Rights Campaign from Los Angeles, have released a
new policy brief urging that school districts invest LCFF funds in supporting students rather than in increasing current levels of police and security presence on campuses.