Sentences with phrase «of foreign labour»

«As they continue to increase their global presence, the world's pharmaceutical companies find themselves wrestling with a multitude of challenges — from deciding whether to find local talent versus transferring employees internationally, to understanding the nuances of foreign labour markets, to developing a strategic workforce plan.»

Had a look at the foreign policy manifesto - nothing of worth about ending exploitation of foreign labour.

Not exact matches

Their costs for capital, labour, land, energy and other resources are subsidized such that they generate huge retained earnings, much of which is being reinvested in foreign real assets like Canada's oilpatch, says U of T's Dobson.

«These changes will reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work experience, and redirect points to language and age factors, which are better indicators of success in the Canadian labour market.»

«Foreign work experience is largely discounted by Canadian employers when the immigrant first enters the Canadian labour market, and it is a weak predictor of economic success,» the analysis said.

The temporary foreign workers issue is just another example of why Canada needs to keep better labour market data.

A common defence of Canada's ballooning temporary foreign worker program is that it's needed in areas with severe labour shortages.

Prized by the business lobby, loathed by unionized labour, the temporary foreign worker program is either a solution to or an exacerbation of a problem that may or may not exist.

I have in front of me the report on labour market opinions issued for temporary foreign workers in the Windsor area, and the overwhelming majority of these LMOs were issued for industrial instrument technicians and mechanics for less than six months.

The B.C. Federation of Labour said there's been a dramatic increase in the number of temporary foreign workers filling entry - level jobs in recent years in the westernmost province.

Schultz has found the most effective method of importing labour is to bring foreign workers in on temporary work permits and then use the provincial nominee program to convert them to permanent residents.

The wide majority agree some Canadian firms take advantage of the temporary foreign worker program to reduce labour costs (70 %).

When the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance dutifully looked into youth unemployment last summer, it heard familiar tales of outrage and woe from university student groups and organized labour fretting about student debt, precarious work and temporary foreign workers.

Evolution AI ranked some of the most abused politicians on Twitter and found that energy minister Claire Perry, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn all ranked highly — though none received as much abuse as Naz Shah.

More than half of the 243 employers in the province permitted to hire temporary foreign workers at minimum wage over a 10 - month period ended in June were in the food - service business, the Alberta Federation of Labour found recently through a freedom - of - information request.

It is killing the labour movement in the face of this recession and the surge in foreign takeovers.

B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair called on the RCMP on Monday, Dec. 9 to launch an investigation into Tim Hortons in light of serious allegations of theft and fraud committed against employees who are Temporary Foreign Workers.

Mr. McGowan is known as an outspoken advocate for labour issues and critic of the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

Health Canada, Canadian Forces / Department of National Defence, Canada Post, the CBC, Canada Lands, the Bank of Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Museum of Civilization are all employing temporary foreign workers — closing the cheap labour circle.

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

Critics of the trade pact, including many labour unions voice concern over a number of issues, including the potential loss of manufacturing jobs and foreign takeovers of Canadian companies.

Canadian employers seeking to hire foreign nationals under the International Mobility Program for job positions that are exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process are now required to submit information about their business, including details of the offer of employment, and pay a fee to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

Wake up America why we are letting Peter King and people like him to waste time and money on non issues they should be working to solve the real problems facing this country JOBS LOSSES, OUT SOURCEING, BUDGET DEFICIET, BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UN JUST FOREIGN POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, LABOUR UNION PROBLEMS, JOB SECURITY for those who have any jobs left, bringing our troops home from UNJUST and ILLEGAL WARS, KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to solvOF INNOCENT PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to solvof unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to solve.

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The treatment of foreign migrant workers may be likened to a form of bonded labour.

After China opened up to the global market economy and joined the global competition, its most useful weapon is cheap labour, factory owners are trying to minimize any cost including that of workers» safety, due to lack of safety regulation in foreign investments.

In the 80s, these countries, and also China, were able to take advantage of the world crisis by playing a part in globalisation of exchange of goods (through their relative advantage of cheap labour), and calling for foreign investment and by signing up their development projects within a nationally governed strategy (in the case of Korea and Korea, but not the South - east Asian countries).

It comes amid mounting concern over deteriorating workplace standards in Australia, including underpayments, the exploitation of temporary foreign workers and the misuse of contracting and labour - hire arrangements.

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

The MEP cited foreign secretary Margaret Beckett's U-turn on allowing public scrutiny of the council of ministers, something Tony Blair had previously backed, and Labour's failure to support an end to the EU parliament's expensive monthly moves to Strasbourg.

The Labour leader has had precisely nothing to say about foreign affairs during his time at the head of the party so he will have to forgive us now for not taking his late concern about events overseas particularly seriously.

Roger Liddle is a Labour Whip and a frontbench spokesperson on Europe and Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords.

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

That followed the suspension of two Labour peers Lord Cunningham and Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate, and the resignation of Ulster Unionist peer Lord Laird from the party whip over a sting in which they were caught offering to act for a foreign energy firm.

Voters were courted by political institutions from all sides — the government, all the political parties apart from UKIP, the Bank of England, international organizations, foreign governments, the US President himself and the «Remain» or StrongerIn campaign convened by Conservative, Labour and the smaller parties.

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

During the Labour leadership campaign, he described himself as a socialist, and spoke out against some of the actions of the Blair ministry, including criticising its record on civil liberties and foreign policy.

After all, these were the lingering memories to overcome of the debacle of 1976, when the then Labour government needed to seek a loan from the IMF to shore up the Pound in the foreign exchange markets.

I have written extensively on the foreign policy objectives of both the Conservative and Labour Parties.

Keeley is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel, [3] she visited Israel in September 2007 on a trip funded by the Labour Friends of Israel and the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Mr Lewis is co-chairing a review of Labour'd defence policy with Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry.

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

He subsequently served in Labour leader Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Foreign Secretary.

With Labour apparently gaining momentum, Miliband's team prepared to unveil one of its big pre-election announcements, its pledge to scrap the loophole that allowed «non-domiciled» residents of the UK to pay no tax on foreign income.

Among others he appointed Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Yvette Cooper was chosen as Shadow Foreign Secretary, and both defeated Labour leadership candidates Ed Balls and Andy Burnham were given senior roles, becoming Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Education Secretary respectively.

But the Shadow Foreign Secretary said the lack of progress made in talks between both sides so far meant it would it was unlikely to be very detailed - but that it would still be enough to pass the six tests Labour have said it must pass in order to gain their support.

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

Recently elected on a ticket of withdrawing from foreign wars, the Labour leader had a clear mandate to whip his MPs against launching yet another one.

Reports suggest there has been relatively little damage to industrial infrastructure, but the loss of labour and expertise with the flight of so many foreign workers, including Chinese nationals, will slow down the recovery.

It was interesting to see Jack Straw, former Labour foreign secretary come out in support of the UN move by the Palestinians.