Sentences with phrase «of domestic labour»

Thus, it is important to increase the incentives for men to take on a greater share of unpaid labour and to challenge cultural norms that associate women with certain kinds of domestic labour if women are to be given a real choice about how they spend their time.

So too does Heslin's process, which considers quilting, sewing and textiles in relation to painting and perceptions of domestic labour.

The film on which these photostills are based is non-narrative study of domestic labour, work that seems not to be taken seriously by society at all.

Not exact matches

Their commitment to domestic manufacturing is more than feel - good philosophy — the company's wares are big and bulky (read: expensive to ship), and, since 95 % of its business is in North America, the reduced logistics expenses of local production offset any premiums on labour costs.

I.e. if we raise the rate, capital will flow out of our economy and the burden will fall on domestic labour.

Given current demographic trends, Canada like many developed economies, is facing the challenge of ensuring future economic growth while its domestic labour force ages and its...

Currently, almost half of labour market growth is due to immigration and, within about 10 years, there will be almost zero domestic growth.

They generate 40 per cent of the national gross domestic product (GDP) and 30 per cent of the state budget and employ 77 per cent of the labour force.

While «outsourcing» for low - cost labour may have motivated outward investment in the last decade, the new driver of investment is clearly domestic economic growth in Asia.

The Canadian Labour Congress has just released preliminary findings of a cross-Canada survey on domestic violence: more than a third of those surveyed had suffered domestic assault at some time in their lives, and of those currently experiencing it, more than half continue to be abused in or near their workplaces.

In some ways, that was just a matter of domestic Canadian cheap labour being edged out of jobs by foreign cheaper labour.

Also, if domestic economic activity and demand were to be even stronger than expected, given the existing strength of the labour market, upward pressure on labour costs could emerge, eventually pushing inflation higher.

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The passage reads as follows: «As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of greatest value, every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can.

Though not as groundbreaking as the above, there is one further promise in the Labour manifesto: they undertake to «ensure the Premier League delivers on its promise to invest five per cent of its domestic and international television rights income into funding the grassroots.»

We do not have concerns about purchased or hired pools that are filled from domestic hot water supplies at the onset of labour, provided that any pumps are used solely for pool emptying.

The majority of birthing pools used at home are filled from domestic hot water systems at the time of labour — these birthing pools do not pose the same risk and are excluded from this alert.

So it isn't an exact model: if domestic servants value productivity differs from (say) video game programmers, the price of the commodities they contribute to won't express the actual number of human hours of labour, but only the number of hours of human labour that our society (through market, production, class war) deems socially average.

On the one hand, UKIP's appeal was itself facilitated by the complicity of Conservative and Labour leaders in downplaying the issue in the domestic political debate.

Labour MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Domestic Violence, Jess Phillips, said the Bureau's findings and the move to change refuge support was «very, very concerning.»

Corbyn today focused on strengthening domestic labour arrangements, including French - style sectoral wage bargaining, as a way of protecting incomes.

Her general research interests lie at the intersection of international and domestic politics and political economy with a particular focus on International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes, labour markets, macro-economic reform, and ideological and electoral preferences.

«The Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Champion MP, who is re-joining the Labour's front bench as Shadow Home Office Minister, focusing on women, equality and domestic violence.»

Labour has cancelled the launch of its general election campaign as the human tragedy in the Indian Ocean takes precedence over domestic affairs.

Turning to words present rather than absent in Miliband's rhetoric, we see signs of a shifting discussion emphasising domestic labour markets.

Taking aim at Jeremy Corbyn, Miliband is vicious in his criticism of the Labour leader's foreign and domestic policies.

The by - election for the Scottish parliament, which was sparked by the jailing of sitting MSP Bill Walker for domestic abuse, saw Labour beat the SNP by nearly 3,000 votes.

A forecast by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) states the decline of the gross domestic product (GDP) registered in the third quarter was «at best misleading», as it was inconsistent with business surveys and labour market data.

That by trimming their sails to policies that are anathema to many inside the party — and a betrayal of all the bold, good things that were achieved in terms of domestic policy by the Blair / Brown Labour governments — they have caused swaths of the party's supporters to turn away in bewilderment and disgust.

She became known in the media, partly because of her government responsibilities for a range of domestic issues, as New Labour's very own nanny.

Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

Mr Ashdown has always been more critical of Labour's domestic record - finishing his last meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee between Labour and the Liberal Democrats with a strong attack on home secretary Jack Straw's «disgraceful» back tracking over the new freedom of information bill.

Domestic violence Having a critical mass of women in Parliament, after Labour won, to push that issue [of domestic violence] across government was really imDomestic violence Having a critical mass of women in Parliament, after Labour won, to push that issue [of domestic violence] across government was really imdomestic violence] across government was really important.

Clearly there will be a few more hares set running yet, but Falconer insists that on the issues that matter to voters, Labour is increasingly as one: «It's part of the current politics that there are evident divisions within Labour on foreign policy, on defence policy, whereas the issues that may determine an election are the domestic issues.

Falconer admits that Cameron's deal won't guarantee a drop in immigration — «You have to accept free movement of labour when you're within the EU» — and calls for increased domestic support for communities affected by high levels of immigration, and he also wants to hear a distinct Labour case for staying in tlabour when you're within the EU» — and calls for increased domestic support for communities affected by high levels of immigration, and he also wants to hear a distinct Labour case for staying in tLabour case for staying in the EU.

Labour's five turbulent years of office from 1974 to 1979 came during the global oil crisis and also saw domestic unrest — from militant unions, inflation, IRA and coup talk — which stimulated growing attacks on the Westminster leadership for betrayal and incompetence in the face of harsh choices.

In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, this volume contains graphic accounts of perhaps the worst domestic crises of the New Labour years: foot - and - mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt.

Unfortunately, after working abroad for a number of years it is not easy to find specialised work in the domestic labour market.

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When parental leave is offered exclusively to fathers, research by Andreas Kotsadam and Henning Finseraas in Norway shows that over the long term, couples share domestic tasks more equally and have 11 % fewer conflicts over the division of household labour.

: They're a government endorsed (despite recent complaints) oligopoly (the top 4 airlines control over 80 % of the domestic market), their balance sheets & labour benefits have been restructured, and their current pricing power was unheard of little more than a decade ago.

As for VOF itself, it trades on a 0.81 Price / Book multiple, despite an aggressive & ongoing share buyback programme — I see plenty of gains ahead in terms of NAV growth & discount compression, as Vietnam continues to leverage & benefit from its labour / cost export advantage, and (just as importantly) its burgeoning domestic consumer economy.

«This strategic development agreement is important not only for building the investment profile of our company, but also for Greek national tourism, as it will serve as a benchmark for development prospects within the country by boosting the domestic economy and labour market.»

Site - specific installation by Alan Magee, drawing from the commercialisation of domestic work and the nature of labour.

Or, as Linda Nochlin argued back in 1971, realist painting has long been seen as the province of the domestic, of women's labour, even in its most hyper - mediated forms.

With Baby's got the Wedgwood Blues the idea of luxury is undercut through the «shonky» finish of the objects, their deliberate imperfection draws our attention to the labour entailed in producing these familiar domestic items; they become more human because of it.»

It has been suggested that it was at the level of this awareness of the conflict between professional and domestic labour that she engaged with the debates around women's art and the problems specific to female artists (Chris Stephens, «From Constructivism to Reconstruction: Hepworth in the 1940s» in David Thistlewood (ed.)

Way, way back in the 2000s, when everyone believed in Hockey Sticks, the UK's Labour government commissioned somebody nobody had ever heard of to write a report on the economics of climate change, so that it could make an argument for domestic and international political action.

Following the publication of Labour's new domestic energy efficiency strategy, Alan Whitehead takes aim at the scandalous loophole that will allow landlords to keep renting the coldest and most inefficient homes

Note: This phase of the consultation will also review the exclusion of domestic workers under the Labour Relations Act.