Ownership of the factories by the government instead of by capitalists was tried, but the quality
of life of workers was not greatly improved and the quality and quantity of production was less.
Schindler leaves it to «his» Jews, and particularly to his accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), to understand the unsayable: that Schindler is using his factory as a con game to cheat the Nazis
of the lives of his workers.
I was fascinated by the story of the building of the [Brooklyn] bridge and the back story
of the lives of the workers who built it.
Not exact matches
«Experts are clearly favoring Atlanta,» noted Bert Sperling, the firm's founder and CEO, in a recent statement, nodding to the city's comparatively low cost
of living, international air hub and potential ability to absorb tens
of thousands
of new
workers.
To help determine whether it will result in a real improvement in the
lives of garment
workers or in business results, Levi's has enlisted Harvard's School
of Public Health to rigorously measure and study the initiative.
Just across the border, two hours from Buffalo, NY, and four hours from Detroit, Toronto can make you feel like you never left home, yet enjoy a much better cost
of living and plenty
of talented
workers available for hire.
Participating factories had registered positive outcomes for
workers, who enjoyed improved quality
of life, and their businesses — which tallied declines in absenteeism and increased productivity.
And Steam Whistle has plenty
of workers who
live and breathe their jobs — the «Good Beer Folks,» as the company fondly refers to all
of its employees.
«If your company can transform the way it operates to match the way these new
workers think,
live, and work, you will reap the rewards,» writes Brian Halligan, CEO
of cofounder
of HubSpot in his massively popular Inc. column on the subject.
If they wish to ship this offshore and make thousands
of Aussies out
of work, then support the
workers in Australia, do not purchase these brands, they are destroying Australian jobs and
life.
Former rustbelts trying to lure in high - tech companies need to focus on creating the kind
of cities where knowledge
workers actually want to
live
Therein lies the irony: employers that embrace naps typically already subscribe to the work -
life - balance mantra, and their
workers are least in need
of daytime rest.
In the scenario suggested, we have a construction
worker who will have a wage differential
of approximately $ 2,264 per month and would clear about $ 280 a month after
living expenses.
A senior European Union official echoed Bains» words, suggesting the G7 needed to encourage use
of artificial intelligence to improve daily
lives while affirming the importance
of privacy and accountability to maintain trust with
workers.
Workers whose offices had windows received more natural sunlight («white light») slept longer, obtained better quality sleep and had a superior quality
of life, compared with those who had little natural sunlight exposure.
Trudeau reset the benchmark in Hamburg, Germany on February 17, delivering a direct message to business leaders: «It's time to pay a
living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your
workers the peace
of mind that comes with stable, full - time contracts.»
We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling
of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost
of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the
Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «
living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end
of labour reform demands.
I can certainly understand the need for surgeons, emergency
workers and in fact anyone on standby where a call may literally mean the difference between
life and death, needing to keep their phone on, but how many
of us are really in that space?
El Faro has 40 full - time employees, most
of whom
live on the grounds with their families, and 200 part - time
workers.
In an annual survey
of expats around the globe, some 9,000
workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects
of their
lives abroad, from commuting and ease
of setting up utilities to the cost
of education and the ease
of making friends — for both expats and their children.
The investigation witnessed a
worker chucking a
live chick in a wheelbarrow
of dead and dying birds and leaving it for an hour, before coming back to empty the wheelbarrow into another bin.
Third - party contracting firm benefits aren't only less generous, but the exorbitant Silicon Valley housing prices and rents make
life as a contractor so difficult
workers from contract companies often can't afford to elect a benefits package, because doing so will take too much out
of their paycheck.
The hard
workers in
life, void
of entitlement, are the people who succeed at the highest levels.
In Turkey, Zughbi is preparing for a lifetime
of exile, but says conditions are not much better, as he struggles to make a
living still as a medical aid
worker.
Nearly one in eight
of the world's
workers believe they will never be able to afford to retire fully while millions
of people are not financially prepared for
life after work, according to international research by HSBC.
A FlexJobs survey reported nearly 90 percent
of workers felt flexible hours would reduce stress and improve general quality
of life.
A 2013 study by the American Academy
of Sleep Medicine found 49 daytime
workers experienced a better quality
of life after exposure to more daylight in the office.
The Brisbane Baylands project has received sharp criticism from people
living in Brisbane, who don't want to see an influx
of tech
workers change the character
of their neighborhoods.
People might not even think
of this, but there are people who work in tech but are low - paid, like cafeteria
workers and custodial staff, and a lot
of them also
live out
of their cars because they just can't afford being in housing.
The San Francisco Bay Area, recognized as a global hub
of tech finance and innovation, may be at risk
of losing top tech
workers if they can't afford to
live there, even on six - figure salaries.
Their Money Diary (M. is agender, and uses gender - neutral pronouns) was one
of our most popular in recent months, providing a unique lens into the Silicon Valley tech lifestyle and tech
workers who
live in their vans.
Since having time for
life outside the office is an increasingly high priority to
workers in every industry, other company founders would be wise to take a page from the vacation non-policy book
of Branson and other pioneers
of this approach (which according to Businessweek comprise only around 1 percent
of all companies).
She added, «But in the context
of relative privilege, when you talk about work -
life balance, the moms who don't have health care aren't called hard
workers.
Undocumented tech
workers say they are shocked and
living in fear following the election
of Donald Trump earlier this week.
Already by 2001, when Health Canada conducted a massive survey
of 31,571
workers on the subject
of work -
life balance, a third
of respondents said they enjoyed high flexibility in working hours and location, and another 39 %, moderate flexibility.
PARIS, May 3 - French President Emmanuel Macron swept into office last May on a pledge to create jobs and improve the
lives of workers by rebooting the country's economy.
The chief executive
of Bridgetown Natural Foods, in Portland, Oregon, Klock thinks it's critical to pay
workers a
living wage, and provide them with benefits like health care, dental care, and a 401 (k).
Thanks in large part to that same mobile technology,
workers with marketable skills have more freedom than ever before to strike their own balance between the demands
of their job and the rest
of their
lives.
Another way progressive employers are making
life easier for their call - centre
workers is by investing in technology that can improve the experience
of both the call - centre
worker and the consumer.
We explore JPMorgan Chase's bold and urgent campaign to revive one
of America's iconic industrial cities and Levi Strauss's effort to make
life better for some
of the 300,000 garment
workers who make its jeans.
Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why
life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for
workers, inequality, and the lack
of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part
of the problem.
Roberts and his family took dramatic personal action to combat the ill effects
of his
life as a modern knowledge
worker.
Said Rep. Ed Royce, R - Calif., chairman
of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: «I am very concerned by reports
of deep cuts that could damage efforts to combat terrorism, save
lives, and create opportunities for American
workers.»
Joining a picket line
of the telecom company's striking
workers, Sanders told them that Verizon is «just another major American corporation trying to destroy the
lives of working Americans.»
«I gave more than 20 years
of my
life to CKE, and Mr. Puzder took a company that I loved and turned it into a business that makes money by stealing from its
workers,» Laura McDonald, a former Carl's Jr. general manager, said in a recent forum hosted by Senate Democrats.
Canada trains lots
of highly skilled
workers and it boasts the sorts
of livable cities in which those highly skilled people like to
live.
Chances are you haven't given much thought to the inner
life of the garment
worker — the seamstress halfway around the world who made your clothes.
Describing himself as «not a big free - marketer in the macro sense,» Butterfield said issues
of workers being able to afford where they
live can't be pinned solely on systemic failings.
TIME spoke to aid
workers familiar with Aleppo to discover what daily
life is like for thousands in the war - torn, eastern part
of the city:
It's this building block
of trust, in Jobs» case, that crystallized his relationships with his knowledge
workers that helped launch the Apple products we can't
live without today.