Sentences with phrase «of labor unions as»

We believe in the power of labor unions as a vehicle for social change.

The «housekeeping» or soft money campaign account for the state Democratic Committee in the last six months has raised heavily from a variety of labor unions as Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to topple Republican House members who have backed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Such congregations — perhaps because they are made up of a disproportionate number of parishioners who are in management — commonly think of labor unions as corrupt and grasping.

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.

Maintenance tasks related to worker - management relations primarily entail: working with labor unions; handling grievances related to misconduct, such as theft or sexual harassment; and devising communication systems to foster cooperation and a shared sense of mission among employees.

«I think it's too early to make any judgments on what I would call the very short opening statement, and we'll see what happens as we go forward,» Gerard told reporters at a conference of the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of large labor unions and environmental groups.

She previously served as director of labor relations and was responsible for working with the unions that represent approximately 5,000 SoCalGas employees.

GM, which in February announced its plan to shut down one of its plants in Korea, wants wage concessions from its labor union as well as...

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.

What's more, a number of unions on college campuses are allying with non-governmental organizations, such as United Students against Sweatshops to hold corporations accountable for enforcing labor standards throughout their global supply chains.

Her view, as she articulated in a speech to the AFL - CIO labor union in February, is that the spike in unemployment that followed the Great Recession was largely the result of the economic downturn, and not of a skills mismatch problem in the labour market, as some have suggested.

He mocked them individually and as a group for portraying themselves as champions of the middle class while opposing labor unions.

He said the pay rule approved today is mainly of interest to certain activist groups such as labor unions.

As we expand our business to include full in - house manufacturing of our vehicles, as is planned for the Model S, there can be no assurances that our employees will not join or form a labor union or that we will not be required to become a union signatorAs we expand our business to include full in - house manufacturing of our vehicles, as is planned for the Model S, there can be no assurances that our employees will not join or form a labor union or that we will not be required to become a union signatoras is planned for the Model S, there can be no assurances that our employees will not join or form a labor union or that we will not be required to become a union signatory.

Commenting on Mr. Greenspan's remarks, David Hale of Kemper / Zurich International pointed out that as a result of Europe's more «rigid» (that is, unionized) labor markets, «If France or Germany had enjoyed America's success in reducing unemployment, their trade union movements would be pushing up wages aggressively and setting the stage for a monetary tightening to slow down the economy's growth rate.»

As of the end of 2016, about 88 % of that was managed on behalf of institutional clients (corporations, labor unions, pension funds, and the like), while approximately 12 % was managed on behalf of individual clients, which are principally family offices and high - net - worth individuals.

Instead, he presents his proposal in the terms of a labor - union manifesto: «It is long past time for faculty members to rise above narrow self - interest, give up the doctrine of academic exceptionalism, and agree to the same terms of employment as everyone else in the workforce.»

For instance, when a labor union organizer is introduced as the head of a corporation's labor relations department, he has switched sides.

Economists sometimes argue that when a society becomes sufficiently wealthy the benefits of increased wealth will trickle down to those who are now poor, but in the countries they cite as success stories, the improvement of the lot of the poor was greatly benefited by governmental action and labor unions, neither of which are viewed favorably from the point of view of the theory.

Elites with degrees from the Kennedy School of Government or Yale Law School and other institutions that produce the people who design and run government programs, nonprofits, and labor unions as well as corporations.

Families, business enterprises, states, labor unions, and schools each have their own proper sphere of authority, as ordained by God.

The author points to evidence in a variety of other civic arenas as well — labor unions, parent - teacher organizations and fraternal organizations.

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.

In any case, it is clear that, as every papal encyclical and major Protestant pronouncement in this century on labor has affirmed, trade unions are an essential instrument of justice for working people and an indispensable and positive part of democratic societies.

As might be expected, trade unions are not of one mind concerning the causes of, and remedies for, the new threats to labor.

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.

Because of the low wages they pay workers in South Africa and Latin America, treating their financial losses as tax write offs, when labor negotiations were going on and violence threatened, the companies certainly had the upper hand; the unions accepted a substantial cut in wages and benefits.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has accused new state Labor Party leader Peter Malinauskas of being captive to the retail workers» union that he ran before entering politics, as the two disagreed over plans to deregulate shop trading hours.

The story behind Russia's vast success at Squaw Valley was the same as it had been at Cortina: a massive sports program enveloping schools and clubs and labor unions and the military service, state encouragement, frequent outright aid to the specially talented, a fierce desire on the part of the individual to triumph, less for himself or his organization than for Mother Russia.

As the Chicago case shows, the obstacles to putting healthy foods in school cafeterias are many: the high cost of organic meals, long - standing contracts for frozen and pre-packaged food and labor union issues.

A native of Kopyczynce, Poland, Mr. Ostapiuk was taken with his family to a Siberian labor camp as a child, where he was held until the Soviet Union joined the Allied forces during World War II.

Smitherman has been endorsed by the Working Families Party as well as a host of key labor groups: AFL - CIO, 1199 SEIU, 32 BJ SEIU, Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Communication Workers of America 1180, Communication Workers of America District 1, UAW, Transport Workers Union, Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, United Food and Commercial Workers.

Perhaps she should answer as to why two - thirds of her fundraising support is coming from Washington liberal special - interest groups and labor unions,» said Brooks Campaign Manager Noah Lebowitz.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

The WFP itself has changed in recent years, as some of its founding labor unions have departed amid disagreements over its endorsements.

Signing onto the letter include groups ranging from the Working Families Party and their affiliated organizations and labor unions as well as groups that advocate on behalf of the disabled.

Still, Republicans have questioned the motivations behind closing the loophole — the result of a decades - old Board of Elections decision — as a way of aiding labor union giving.

Several unions that are usually aligned with HTC — 1199, 32BJ, CWA — as well as the labor - backed Working Families Party have endorsed Lancman, while a third Democrat in the race, NYC Councilwoman Liz Crowley, has netted the support of several trade unions.

A number of organized labor groups have lined up to provide early endorsements to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term this fall and faces a new primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, with the latest nod coming from the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1500, New York's largest supermarket workers union.

«As a union that actively opposed the nomination of Andrew Puzder, a candidate clearly unfit to serve as the head of the Department of Labor, we will continue to ask questions about Acosta's record and his commitment to protecting workers» rights, and urge the US Senate to do the same.&raquAs a union that actively opposed the nomination of Andrew Puzder, a candidate clearly unfit to serve as the head of the Department of Labor, we will continue to ask questions about Acosta's record and his commitment to protecting workers» rights, and urge the US Senate to do the same.&raquas the head of the Department of Labor, we will continue to ask questions about Acosta's record and his commitment to protecting workers» rights, and urge the US Senate to do the same.»

43 year - old Feeney is one of the Labor Party's machine men, having started as an Industrial Officer with Transport Workers» Union, and served as Labor State Secretary and Campaign Director in both Victoria and South Australia.

At least as of July, virtually all the money New Yorkers Against Corruption raised came from labor unions.

«As a reminder, 90 % of the union movement who started the Working Families Party left four years ago — the only thing that happened today is that the rest of labor followed,» Appelbaum said in a Friday statement.

As part of the agreement, labor unions have also said they would hire workers who take part in training programs sponsored by the JSCB.

The City of Buffalo will never confront its basic problems when the state increases its aid by $ 52 million, he said, and burdensome labor contracts will continue to hold back municipalities as long as their unions are protected by the Taylor Law.

Before her career as a photographer took off, Grossman was a labor activist within the teachers» union and a member of the American Labor Plabor activist within the teachers» union and a member of the American Labor PLabor Party.

During his time as a radio announcer at WNEW, Justin jumped into labor activism and served as shop steward where he represented and defended the interests of his fellow employees and advocated to get all union members retroactively paid for decades of overtime work on weekends and overnights.

This comes as McMahon has lost the support of key labor unions, including SEIU 1199, CWA and others, along with the labor - backed Working Families Party, as retaliation for his «no» vote on health care reform.

And, as a reader pointed out, it was produced and posted by the Senate Democrat - controlled (and taxpayer - funded) media services unit just two weeks before Espada faces off against his two primary opponents: Gustavo Rivera (who is being backed by a number of the majority leader's colleagues and labor unions) and Dan Padernacht.

At 4 p.m., Gov. Cuomo, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Gary LaBarbera, labor leaders and thousands of New Yorkers will rally in Union Square as part of #CountMeIn, Union Square, Manhattan.