Sentences with phrase «other collective bargaining»

FaithActs for Education also shares an address with Educators 4 Excellence, another corporate funded advocacy group that claims to speak for teachers who are opposed to tenure and other collective bargaining rights.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile in Bangladesh, the government has mandated a new minimum wage (the amount hasn't been specified) retroactive to May 1, and says it will strengthen pro-unionization rules and collective bargaining, among other reforms.

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.

This fall, a Facebook page gave thousands of Air Canada employees a forum to share with each other their dissatisfaction over their union leaders» negotiations, badly disrupting the collective bargaining process.

That could make corporations like McDonald's and other large franchisors liable in worker lawsuits, and potentially responsible in any collective bargaining activity.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It may be that, but it may also be the place where for the first time the worker and his employer meet with such balance of power that each is forced to listen to the position of the other.22 Some employers have been won over to the collective bargaining method through the discovery that they could learn more about efficient production through this process.23

The Buss family believes that, no matter how the collective bargaining agreement changes to appease small market teams, they have the asset of experience that no other team does.

With the restructuring of rookie contracts, plus a few other changes through 20 years of collective bargaining, the ratio has barely changed.

Besides the outcome of collective bargaining, other risks include the anticipated receipt of $ 1.2 billion from the planned sale of taxi medallions during fiscal years 2015 through 2017 and whether the Health and Hospitals Corporation will require additional financial assistance from the city.

Suffolk County Employees, other than sworn police or correction officers, are categorized as either management employees, meaning that they serve at the pleasure of their designated supervisor, or are civil servants protected by collective bargaining agreements and are members of the Association of Municipal Employees (herein after A.M.E.).

13:16 - Hendy suggests that News International chiefs might have talked with Tony Blair to ensure a provision was included in legislation blocking the NUJ or any other union from making an application for collective bargaining at News International.

Curran asked the unions for «complete» copies of their existing collective bargaining agreements with the county by no later than Jan. 2, including all side letters, amendments, memorandum of understanding or other contract modifications.

The case, Janus v. AFSCME, challenges the money that public unions representing teachers, firefighters, nurses and other government employees collect from non-members to cover their share of collective bargaining costs.

These include rights to a free public education, health care, collective bargaining, environmental protections, pension security, and many other basic protections.

Tuesday, his group will join with others to unveil a new list of proposals to take pressure off municipalities, including changes to regulations governing collective bargaining and contracting.

These include a woman's right to choose, the right to collective bargaining, public pension benefits, anti-discrimination laws, environmental protections and other guarantees currently under assault by well - financed extremist groups from both inside and outside the state.

Unshackle Upstate and other business groups have long called for regulatory reform, and getting rid of some collective bargaining rules, including the Triborough Amendment in New York's Taylor Law.

Curran said in a letter hand delivered to Mangano that providing union protection to some 26 community service representatives and other appointees who otherwise could be fired at will «were attempts to alter the terms of the collective bargaining agreement before upcoming negotiations.»

Thus, after a contract expires, employers could not unilaterally alter health insurance, holidays, hours of work, or other benefits defined as mandatory subjects of collective bargaining.

Senate education committee chair John Flanagan told Capital last week that the receivership plan would be a «lighting rod,» particularly because he expected pushback from other unions that would see the proposal as a threat to collective bargaining rights writ large.

If unions and their Democratic allies prevail in the recall — just over a year after Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation to curb collective bargaining rights for most public workers — it would send a powerful warning to other politicians who might try to limit union rights.

Achieving that portion of the $ 302 million «presumes that Cuomo will be able to knock out State Police, correctional officers and other unionized employees with three zeros,» said Lee Adler, who teaches public sector collective bargaining and labor law at Cornell University's ILR School, referring to the lack of salary increases.

«I'm sure that he's intending it to cloak his other positions, like less funding in an already underfunded system of education in New York state, and his other positions about getting rid of due process and his very Wisconsin Walker - like positions about collective bargaining,» Weingarten said.

Just over a year after Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation to curb collective bargaining priviledges, as they are NOT «rights» for public workers — it would send the state right back to huge debts, higher taxes, more unemployment and layoffs, in other words... we'd become Illinois - north.

The administration is also urging the city's other unionized workers, who number some 300,000, to adopt a similar policy through collective bargaining.

When other UW employees tried to unionize, administrators cast collective bargaining as a contentious approach that can harm the university.

Grad student collective bargaining in the 160,000 - student University of California system is sure to buoy unionization drives in progress at other public universities, such as the University of Minnesota, University of Georgia, Temple University, and the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign.

Kezar said research comparing the working conditions of unionized and non-unionized adjuncts shows that those with collective bargaining power have better salaries and benefits and are more likely to have paid office hours, opportunities for paid professional development and guaranteed participation in governance and other faculty domains.

As I spill out my contents from what seems to be from the inside out; I divulge my collective bargaining with God to take me first, if it is His will, so that I may be on the other side of love to greet my Dad when the time comes.

When it comes to the fundamentals of organization, the teacher unions are like all other unions: collective bargaining is their core function and the base of their economic and political power.

(The tax break also goes to anyone else who gets their health insurance via a collective bargaining contract, showing that other special interests can get deals too.)

Americans only need look at Wisconsin, where the governor and lawmakers pushed through legislation curtailing the collective bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees.

Others have described how NEA's Uniserv program, which aids collective bargaining, provides professional assistance to members, and builds organizational capacity, was first established to help weak locals.

Altogether, the evidence presented here suggests that NEA affiliates in states without collective bargaining and with right to work laws rely on funds from other states.

But such practices began in other industries in the 1920s — before there was any national legislation mandating collective bargaining — and were part and parcel of the mass - production workplace.

State laws often bog charter conversions down with excess baggage, such as keeping the school under the district's collective bargaining agreement, or requiring that it have a higher percentage of certified teachers than other charters.

Plenty of liberals, on the other hand, are closely allied with teacher unions, which have almost always opposed charters (and other school - choice strategies), particularly when these occur outside their collective - bargaining umbrellas.

• The state could prohibit collective bargaining agreements which elevate seniority over competency in layoffs and which facilitate the «Dance of the Lemons» (such as when senior teachers are granted «bumping rights» over less senior teachers working at other schools).

The Supreme Court is poised to deal a sharp blow to the unions that represent millions of teachers and other public employees, announcing Thursday it will consider striking down the mandatory fees that support collective bargaining.

Wisconsin's curtailment of the collective bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees was undoubtedly the top education news story of early 2011.

They also provide evidence that union electoral clout has genuine substantive consequences: the candidates supported by the unions, as well as the candidates who win, are considerably more sympathetic toward collective bargaining than the other candidates.

Washington — Two rival local teachers» groups from Indiana argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last week over the constitutionality of collective - bargaining provisions that give one and not the other the privilege of using the school system's internal mail facilities.

In 13 states, charter schools are subject to state collective bargaining laws; but legislation in six other states is silent as to the status of collective bargaining arrangements.

But in education, as in other public - sector collective bargaining, the interests of employees are represented on both sides of the table.

But polls suggest that Americans don't want to see teachers and other public employees stripped of collective bargaining rights.

Management had to operate within the framework of the district's collective bargaining agreements with its union employees, and teachers were allowed to transfer to other schools within the district if they wished.

What she finds is that legal roadblocks to collective bargaining and other negotiation tactics significantly lower teachers» likelihood of being certified as «high quality teachers,» a federal designation, by 3 percent.

He argued that Success Academy and other similar public charters had provided cover for the Bloomberg administration's efforts to undermine collective bargaining and close struggling district schools.

While they're funded with public money, they generally operate outside of collective bargaining agreements (only about one - tenth of charter schools are unionized) and other constraints that often prevent principals in public schools from innovating for the good of their students (so the argument goes).