Sentences with phrase «policy of boycotting»

Sinn Féin won seven seats in the election but Corbyn would not be able to rely on the support of those MPs as the party will continue its historical policy of boycotting Westminster.

• Acting for the successful Claimant in R (on the application of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 1502 (Admin), a challenge to guidance from the defendant Secretary of State which sought to prohibit the administering authorities of the local government pension schemes from adopting policies of boycott, divestment and sanction against foreign nations (led by Nigel Giffin QC).

Not exact matches

Critics of the German - led austerity policies have called for boycotts of German products and have suggested that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Schäuble had unjustifiably humiliated Greece and its prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.

In the days following the boycott most of the major North American and European churches expected the official German church to issue a statement condemning the Nazi policies.

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.»

Choice head of policy Erin Turner told SBS its campaign urging consumers to boycott 19 egg brands would continue indefinitely.

«How Arsenal respond this summer will be crucial» Admin, please save this article because you will need it next year this time around... This kind of articles are there for long 11 seasons (summers) and the specialist is here doing what his ego tells him to do... I say no, this time ALL fans should stand together and demand more, put more pressure on the board and the manger... This club is a top club and is not a 4th grade anymore... All those who are in UK should do something (protests, show banners, chants, boycott, whatever)... I know there are still fans who support Wenger, but you also should demand more from Wenger, I assume you are discontent with the results and the transfer policy... Doing nothing, our 4th - place trophy is not even guaranteed...

A few potted things the boycott and campaign has achieved: The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (despite what Nestlé told the bloggers, it opposed the Code - scans of documents from the time are on our site), the Code's implementation in 70 countries to greater or lesser degrees, breastfeeding rates in countries taking action to stop malpractice increasing (Brazil from median duration 3 months in the 1980s to 10 months today), Nestlé changing its policy on milk nurses and baby pictures on formula, stopping specific cases of malpractice such as Nestlé promoting formula in Botswana as preventing diarrhoea etc. etc..

When a company puts its own profits before the well - being of babies, the boycott gives a financial imperative for changing policies and practices.

The changes in Nestlé policies and practices that have been achieved are attributable to pressure from the boycott and concerted work around the world on monitoring companies against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and working for legislation to enforce these measure.

Long ago, we put a four - point plan to executives for bringing policies and practices into line with the marketing standards and that would ultimately lead to the end of the boycott.

Nestle, the largest company (controlling about 29 % of the global baby milk market) is also the target of the Nestle boycott, which forces some changes in Nestle marketing policies and practices.

I am certain it was not the intention of the 2010 Assembly Resolution to reward Nestlé for weakening its formula advertising policy by calling off the boycott, but that is what happened.

UNICEF wrote to Nestlé's then Chief Executive Officer (now Chairman), Peter Brabeck - Letmathé, defending Cracking the Code as supporting its own findings and set out several areas where Nestlé policies needed to change (it took years of campaigning to pressure Nestlé to change its policy on complementary foods, criticised in the UNICEF letter — see boycott successes).

It's a reversal of a controversial policy that helped lead to a widespread boycott of the third through eighth grade tests associated with the former Common Core program.

Deutermann and other parent boycott leaders across the state were early supporters of Rosa for the chancellor's position on the Board of Regents, which oversees the Education Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other education issues.

A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President - elect Donald Trump's inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon...

A growing number of researchers is calling for a boycott of U.S. scientific meetings to protest the immigration policies of the new Trump administration.

Some members of the International Astronomical Union, which held its General Assembly in China in 2012 (above), are now calling for a boycott of U.S. meetings in response to the Trump administration's immigration policies.

This policy has already led to organized movements to boycott American scientific conferences, and thousands of scientists have already pledged to participate in this boycott («Inside Higher Ed» January 31, 2017).

One parallel story in «Race» involves the U.S. Olympic Committee's decision whether or not to boycott the ’36 Games because of the oppressive anti-Jewish and anti-Black policies of Hitler regime.

A suburban New York school district shouldn't condone a boycott of state tests last spring and needs to enforce attendance policies to prevent a future boycott, the state education commissioner says.

A number of school boards, libraries, and city councils have implemented such policies as part of a cultural boycott to protest the system of apartheid, or racial separation, the report notes.

New releases are now often in excess of $ 15.00 There is currently a grass - roots movement among Kindle users to boycott Kindle books that are priced above 9.99 in order to force Amazon to change its bait - and - switch policy, seeing as they originally sold the K1 based on this $ 9.99 price point for books.

There's nothing wrong with boycotting the game for disagreeing the policies that ATLUS has put in place however, just as I have refused to purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered due to Activision's ridiculous requirements for buying it.

An earlier precedent can be found in Egypt where over 1,000 judges threatened to boycott presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2005 unless the government took steps to control corruption, and even earlier in 1968 the judiciary was so outspoken about Nasser's war policy that he dismissed them in what became known as the «massacre of the judiciary».

Though most policies will cover a common carrier caused delay, such as weather, mechanical failure, overbooking or strikes, a boycott of at airport security would not meet this definition.