Sentences with phrase «of labour groups»

In relation to local government, I argued we need to restore proper governance arrangements for the party corresponding to local government structures, which would operate effectively and democratically, ensure accountability, oversee the operation of Labour groups in local government, their organisation and democratic functions, and review the operation of local campaign forums to ensure they meet the needs of both Labour groups and local parties.

Teri Caraway, Stephanie Rickard, and Mark Anner demonstrate that the organisational strength of labour groups is associated with the number of labour conditions that IMF programmes impose on a country.

He was appointed Chief Whip of the Labour Group and a Deputy Welsh Minister for Assembly Business in the Third Assembly of the Welsh Assembly Government (31 May 2007).

«I'm absolutely ecstatic,» said Andrew Western, the leader of the Labour group on Trafford council.

He became leader of the Labour group, and leader of the council, in 2004 before standing down in 2010 following his election as MEP.

As a member of Westminster Council and deputy Leader of the Labour Group, he was a leader of the campaign to expose the «Homes for Votes» scandal which led eventually to the surcharging of the former Conservative Council Leader Dame Shirley Porter and colleagues.

Momentum activists have seized control of the Labour group in the Liverpool Wavertree constituency.

She said today she had become frustrated with the inaction of the Labour group in Brent, which she said had failed to address a recent spate of murders and shootings in Kensal Green.

Wendy Alexander emerged as the only candidate to succeed him, and was installed as leader of the Labour group in the Scottish Parliament on 14 September 2007.

She was better known in Europe where she was secretary general of the Labour group in the European parliament and a former EU transport commissioner.

Darren Williams - former employee of PCS union Ann Black - former party chairwoman Johanna Baxter - highly active grassroots campaigner Christine Shawcroft - ex leader of Labour group in Tower Hamlets Ellie Reeves - trade union lawyer Pete Willsman - active in Labour machine since 1980s and «enjoys a good disco»

The Labour leader ran into trouble when he was asked on BBC Wiltshire for his views of Jim Grant by the presenter Ben Prater who stopped short of mentioning that he is the leader of the Labour group on Swindon Borough Council.

Not exact matches

No dollar figure has been attached to the costs that will be borne by the brands, but according to labour advocacy groups they will be apportioned based on the amount of business each does in Bangladesh.

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

As the ability of Unifor and UAW to set industry benchmarks diminished along with the Detroit Three's workforces, though, Toyota began paying wages markedly below union rates in certain U.S. regions, notes Kristin Dziczek, director of the Center for Automotive Research's labour group.

Perth - based Programmed Maintenance Services is set to strike a long - awaited takeover deal with labour hire company Skilled Group, with both companies entering into trading halts this morning ahead of a formal announcement.

BERLIN, May 2 - Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Together with VW's home state of Lower Saxony, labour representatives hold more than half of the 20 seats on the group's supervisory board that ratifies key decisions on investment, plant closures and executive appointments.

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters)- Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Regardless of the best efforts of the broader labour movement to improve working conditions for all, a large group is not convinced we are getting the job done.

The first point is that even when employers choose to purchase machines instead of hiring employees, that needn't be a bad thing socially, nor bad for labour as a group.

The rebels won the British parliamentary vote by 307 to 294 votes, a majority of 13, after they received support from the Labour Party, a generally pro-European group accused by Cameron of «rank opportunism».

The Province of Ontario, organized labour, senior's groups and 78 % of respondents to a union - sponsored Environics poll have all indicated strong support for the CPP option.

The government is working through the multiple issues before making a final decision and has encouraged employers and labour groups to not walk away from the committee's work, said Stephen Laskowski, president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.

First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.

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.

It turns out that this may be one of those rare cases where Canadian data are richer than American data: the Labour Force Survey has been asking about job tenure since 1976, and we can focus on more tightly - defined age groups.

In another approach to standardizing what responsible mining looks like on a global basis, the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance has brought together a group of major mining, electronics, jewellery and steel companies, NGOs, affected communities and labour unions to establish a multi-stakeholder and independently verifiable responsible mining assurance system, focused on improving both social and environmental performance.

Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

«We're one proud part of a full range of environmental, labour, transportation, tourism, health and other groups, and together we're focused on fighting congestion through transit and transportation improvements.»

Known as the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, the group is comprised of business, labour, environmental and community organizations — including The Vancouver Board of Trade, Unifor Local 111, Tourism Vancouver, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, and BC Chamber of Commerce.

Our detailed commitments to the UN Global Compact, the Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) or other relevant instruments, are laid out in our Nestlé Corporate Business Principles PDF 1159Kb and related policy documents, and their application is verified through our CARE program and our internal Corporate Group Auditors.

TJN is an extensive and multi-sectoral network uniting environmental, civil society, student, Indigenous, cultural, farming, labour and social justice groups whose aim is to challenge the scope and secretive nature of most free trade agreements.

«We are very concerned about the heavy influence of corporate and pro-business interests, the under - representation of independent voices, and the complete absence of representation from both labour groups and environmental organizations.»

The TPP has also been condemned by respected citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Doctors Without Borders, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Internet advocacy watchdog Open Media, and even Canadian business tycoon Jim Balsillie and the Canadian head of the Ford Motor Company.

Ottawa (11 Sept. 2017)-- There is great concern, apprehension, and suspicion from labour and environment groups following a recent announcement by the federal environment minister, Catherine McKenna, on the creation of a 10 - person advisory council on NAFTA and the environment.

The survey of 1,002 Canadians was commissioned by Trade Justice Network (TJN), a coalition of social, labour, environmental, student and other groups concerned about the secrecy and anti-democratic provisions of international trade negotiations.

The pan-Canadian coalition, which emerged from the North American civil society gathering on NAFTA in Mexico City in May 2017, is made up of labour, environmental, farmer, social justice and other civil society groups across English - speaking Canada and Quebec.

«This new legislation is part of our overall commitment to fairness in Ontario's workplaces and will help ensure that women and other groups are treated equitably,» said Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn.

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

He told Premier 150 people attended the group's mass in Brighton on the first day of the Labour Conference, but it has been the subject of some snide jokes within the party.

Pulayas or Cheramar (Cherumas), the agricultural labour outcastes, and one of the lowest status groups in old Kerala, rate themselves a rung above the Parayas.

Marco was arrested for being «too Catholic», and Natalia volunteered to go with a group of women rounded up for forced labour; both died in concentration camps.

MP Luciana Berger, president of the Labour Campaign for Mental Health, conducted Freedom of Information requests on Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).

«There's a solidarity about this which is right and proper coming from a group of Christians in the Labour Party, it's what you would hope for.»

The group used the Labour Party conference to make the call and to condemn the actions of the so - called Islamic State, which is persecuting tens of thousands of Christians.

Instead of profit maximization for self or a small group, service to all would be a powerful motivation for creativity and a fair distribution of natural resources and of the fruit of human labour.

Only 28 % of the women in the date eating group needed prostin / oxytocin (for inducing / augmenting labour), which was significantly lower than the 47 % who needed induction in the control group (p = 0.036).

More recently, the International Labour Organization, in collaboration with SVI was awarded a grant of US$ 4 million by the US Department of Labor to work with its Malagasy partners in the areas of sector governance, traceability, safeguarding against child labor and technical assistance to grower groups.

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) welcomes the recent release of a report by Amnesty International exposing shocking labour violations — including children as young as 8 engaged in work that is hazardous to their health — in the palm oil sector.