Sentences with phrase «of labor right»

Easier to eat the fruits of your labor right there.

In making its case for KORUS, the Obama Administration argues it will challenge violations of labor rights related to trade, as it may do with Guatemala.

Globalization is the era of mega-competition, in other words, the competition among giant TNCs which accelerates the race for the bottom to make TNCs acquire more profit by further exploitation of labor including lowering the wages, cutting the welfare benefits, laying off employees, depriving workers of their labor rights, using cheap labor such as casual and even child labor, and also by further destruction of environment.

Rana Plaza is the inspiration for a new Transparency Pledge, created by an international coalition of labor rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, Worker Rights Consortium, and the Maquila Solidarity Network.

Last April I looked at how the 2016 World Justice Project Rule of Law Index ranked the United States with respect to four specific sub-factors relating to civil and criminal justice and the guarantee of labor rights.

Not exact matches

Wisconsin is poised to strip collective bargaining rights from most of the state's 175,000 public employees in the boldest step by a new Republican governor and Legislature to solve budget problems by confronting organized labor.

That's right: On average, those sporting scrubs and stethoscopes bring home fatter paychecks than those donning suits and ties, according to the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics» Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates survey.

In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America - whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap labor and other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as is to be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed in essence that Trump's decision is on the right track.

Responding to the ban, Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Sulaiman Al - Jarallah expressed «the keenness of the State of Kuwait to protect the rights of all residents, including the Filipino community, within the framework of the labor laws in force in the State of Kuwait,» according to a government statement translated from Arabic.

Garrett and other fiduciary financial advisors see the recently issued fiduciary rule passed by the Department of Labor as a major step in the right direction of controlling the costs of advice to investors.

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.

Ben Wyatt's short - lived challenge for leadership of the Labor Party has highlighted the influence of the key powerbrokers, namely unions on both the right and left.

Right now, labor costs in each of our restaurants average about 26 percent of revenue.

For Chromalloy, Foster was the right deal at the right time — a certified public accountant who, for several summers during his college years, had labored as one of the gang in a Cleveland foundry and later served briefly as its controller.

The right - to - work drive in Michigan is the latest of a series of setbacks for labor unions in the United States, beginning in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits on public sector unions such as teachers.

Puzder, the chief executive of CKE Restaurants, has been widely criticized by labor rights groups for underpaying workers, failing to offer benefits, and attempting to prevent employees from organizing.

Attorney Robert Dolinko of San Francisco labor and employment law firm Nixon Peabody is doubtful Senigaglia would have a strong case if she alleged a violation of privacy, which is a right under the state of California's constitution.

They broke the adult US population up into 13 different age groups, and then projected what the overall labor force participation rate would have been if each of those age groups had the same participation rates that they did in December 2007, right before the start of the recession.

«Li & Fung claims to be monitoring factory conditions, but they don't publicly release their investigation reports or even the full list of the factories they use, so it's impossible for independent organizations to assess the effectiveness of their monitoring,» said Tim Connor, a former labor rights advocacy coordinator for Oxfam.

Several right - wing news outlets recently reported that the Clinton Global Initiative — the annual event held by the Clinton Foundation in New York City — will wind down, based on a filing with the New York State Department of Labor from January 12.

In a recent interview with Quartz editor - in - chief Kevin Delaney, the billionaire Microsoft founder argues that the right approach to our job - scarce future may simply be to tax the robots (OK, really the owners of the robots) that replace human labor.

«He had been a huge climate leader, huge labor champion, a real nationwide leader in terms of immigrants» rights and we just felt like, in addition to everything else, we felt he wasn't getting a fair shot by the establishment,» Steyer said.

The National Labor Relations Board Office of the General Counsel has investigated charges alleging McDonald's franchisees and their franchisor, McDonald's, USA, LLC, violated the rights of employees as a result of activities surrounding employee protests.

In Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2005 (Washington: U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, 2005); Smith and Leberstein, «Rights on Demand.»

The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to voluntarily align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anticorruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues.

Just endless rounds of downsizing, mergers creating economies of scale and less jobs, globalization, importing workers who depress wages due to country of origin standards, or because they don't have full labor rights or any labor rights (all employer sponsored based immigrants).

The study said Coca - Cola, one of 10 global companies looked at by KTC, has committed to conduct 28 country - level studies on child labor, forced labor, and land rights for its sugar supply chains by 2020.

What is nowhere to be found is a private right of action giving investors the right to sue, a controversial component of the Department of Labor fiduciary rule.

Brent Wilton, the company's global head of workplace rights, said in an email to Reuters, «We are partnering with the pilot of this project to further increase transparency and efficiency of the verification process related to labor policies within our supply chain.»

CAFTA - DR is strengthening workers» rights and conditions in the region, through enforcement of labor protections to which its workers are entitled under countries» national laws.

Right after CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder was nominated for Labor Secretary on December 8th, both of its fast food chains — Hardee's and Carl's Jr. — lost perception ground.

-- Similarly exploited immigrant labor without labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable labor without labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable wage.

There is no doubt about the fact that Millennial consumers in particular are obsessed with making sure that they are only buying from companies with a good track record in terms of environmentalism, labor rights, and charitable contributions.

Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

The National Labor Relations Board recently upheld a decision by an administrative law judge against Chipotle that ruled the company violated an employee's right to complain about his job when it required him delete tweets that were critical of the company and then subsequently fired him.

Drilling down further into the research, results show that the number of shareholder resolutions involving human and labor rights is up 15 percent.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

The Department of Labor's fiduciary standard rule for advisors who serve up retirement - plan advice is here, all right.

Borzi, assistant secretary of Labor for DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, stated at the meeting that DOL spent hours trying to ensure the rule struck the right balance between what constitutes education and what constitutes advice.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

In New York City, a coalition of labor, community and civil rights groups recently won the strongest ban on employment credit checks in the country.

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Over the past decade, it has funded the right's assault on labor unions, climate scientists, public schools, economic regulations, and the very premise of activist government.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

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Depending on whom you ask, this number is either right around what is needed to keep up with the growth of the labor force or a touch above it.

One big concern: Giving investors the right to sue could have «a chilling effect on people giving advice,» says Ann Combs, head of government relations at Vanguard Group and a former assistant secretary of labor under Pres. George W. Bush.

The agency's mission includes oversight of work - related benefits and rights and improving working conditions for people at all levels of the U.S. labor force.