Sentences with phrase «political support by»

As the producer class struggled with a sluggish economy, Milwaukee public school teachers were rewarded for their political support by getting a 5 % pay increase for the current school year.

Testing companies win political support by pumping thousands of dollars into political lobbying campaigns to ensure that candidates who support testing are voted into office.

Charter funders figured they could assuage concerns about resegregation and expand political support by concentrating initially on minority neighborhoods.

10:57 - Brooks uses her «Vatican chimney» story, in which the Sun indicated its political support by pumping red smoke out of its Wapping offices, as a way of lightening the mood.

When the Labour governments elected in those years squandered their political support by wave after wave of pay restraint and finally IMF - inspired cuts in public spending, Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979 and made a last ditch attempt to stem the Tory decline.

But despite his views on the vans, Farage has secured valuable political support by vocalising the concerns of many voters about immigration and multiculturalism.

Not exact matches

Musk made the offer in response to a comment made on social media by Mike Cannon - Brookes, the co-founder of Australian software maker Atlassian (team), who said he would be willing to line up funding and political support if Tesla could supply batteries that would solve South Australia's problems.

And he or she must be supported by a senior political leader who serves as a public sector catalyst to build coalitions of governments, workers and training and research institutions and help to pitch investment proposals to head office decision - makers.

This notion is supported more by contributions to political parties than it is to economic growth.

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

Oil prices dipped during afternoon trade on Monday, erasing gains supported by a political rift in the Middle East, before investor concerns over a global supply overhang returned.

A recent survey conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation shows a slim majority of Canadians (55 per cent) support the pursuit of a free - trade agreement and that 64 per cent are concerned Canada will become more susceptible to economic and political pressure from Beijing.

Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

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.

Despite a years - long political and economic deterioration and months of violence, Maduro has maintained about 20 % support among Venezuelans, but his constituent assembly has been rejected by an overwhelming majority of the country and drawn international rebuke.

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 allowed for unlimited political spending by corporations, but Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed his strong support for public disclosure of the money spent.

«While the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools values and supports its female employees, the decision to close schools is not a political statement,» reads a statement released by the district.

«In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we can not tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform,» wrote Polytron, developers of SuperHyperCube, a Playstation VR title that will apparently now remain an exclusive there.

Over the past few months, behind the scenes, tens of thousands of people have been writing to mutual fund company Vanguard telling the investment manager that it's time it supported transparency by corporations about their political donations.

Future Fifty is supported by partners who share their expertise and experience, helping advise companies on issues from expanding operations internationally, M&A, IPO and fundraising and navigating regulatory and political changes as the UK exits the EU.

The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08 - 205, overruled two precedents: Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, a 1990 decision that upheld restrictions on corporate spending to support or oppose political candidates, and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, a 2003 decision that upheld the part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that restricted campaign spending by corporations and unions.

Kogan said that the data he collected likely couldn't have been very useful in a targeting political campaign, a claim which has been supported by media reports.

Canada's trade talks with India, to avoid mutual disappointment, need ambitious goals, supported by a strategic approach and political will, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we can not tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform.

While surveys conducted by both the Centre for Political Research and Studies (CIEP) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) indicate that while the Costa Rican electorate is happy with Solís» performance in office, they have not repaid his party with substantive support for its candidate.

Greece has been unable to form a coalition government since voters gave support to political parties that want to cancel or renegotiate the terms of a massive financial bailout by international lenders that requires harsh austerity measures.

The political establishment's support for those wars (particularly Iraq, the clearest «war of choice») and their decision to maintain significant active deployments in other conflicts was deeply unpopular among those most affected by them.

Some of the main ones include the perception that certain industries should be controlled by tightly regulated local institutions to avoid market failures, the political pressure to build and support local corporate champions, and the need to continue to provide basic subsidized products and services.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's parliament has approved plans to lower the voting age by a year to 17 and adopt a proportional representation system, after years of economic austerity have hammered popular support for traditionally dominant political...

And consumers on both sides of the aisle say they're trying to make their political views known, too, by deliberately supporting some companies and shunning others.

But the 5,000 - strong force's first operation in November was plagued by logistical problems, and it remains very much a work in progress despite political support from a variety of powers including Russia and China.

This impression is supported by the fact that around half of the French electorate voted against the established political parties.

Every time I get annoyed at Justin Trudeau and the way he manages the country all I do is listen to the radio and Charles Adler rant about him or read articles by Lorne Gunter and Rick Bell from the Edmonton Sun (who formerly worked at the Alberta Report, and helped Ted Byfield run the Alberta Report into the ditch, or read anything written by Colby Cosh or Ezra Levant and soon I realize the propaganda and hate these clowns try and spread about their own political / religious views I revert back to supporting the more liberal viewpoint).

There are already plenty of examples of wealthy individuals attempting to advance their political agendas by supporting unaccountable lobby groups, as was the case with Calgary's infamous Sprawl Cabal «s plans to throw more than $ 1 million behind Preston Manning «s «Municipal Governance Initiative,» and the anonymous donors behind the shady «St. Albert Think Tank.»

By contrast, political support in the United States for solar panel manufacturing wilted after a single solar equipment company in California, Solyndra, collapsed in 2011 after obtaining $ 535 million in Energy Department loan guarantees.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

Honestly, look at pretty much all of the countries in your 50 % and over group and they are nearly all puppet regimes supported by the US political machine, or overthrown puppet regimes whose governments now hate the US because of the corrupt regimes that the US supported there.

A good many of the new faces in Washington will have been supported by the Tea Party movement, and a good number of these are committed to the worldview and political philosophy of libertarianism.

Add to that both thousands of years of tribal warfare and the political insertion of the Jewish state into Palestine by the UN and America's support of Israel and there is little reason to believe religion per se is a primary cause.

Those evangelical «old style» missionaries still serving overseas are perceived by liberal / ecumenicals as supporting repressive economic and political systems in developing countries in order to achieve the «stability» that will enable them to gain admittance to those countries and be left free to evangelize.

Maudoodi entered the lists against the Muslim wing of the Indian National Congress by writing a book on Muslims and the Present Political Struggle, in which he argued so forcefully against the stand taken by the Muslim Congress that the Muslim Leaguers hoped he would come over to support the Pakistan movement.

can only occur where there exists some institutional umbrella that can protect human rights advocates and offer both political and material support for human rights activities: a church...; a press sufficiently independent so that it can report information the government would prefer not be made public and that can offer a forum for some opponents of the government; professional associations, academic and intellectual centers which are financially solvent and not directly controlled by military or government officials.

It has almost no structural analysis of the economic, political and military domination of Latin America by the U.S. government or by U.S. - supported business and capital - lending institutions.

While agreeing with the Latin American bishops that the new churches were supported by «powerful ideological forces as well as economic and political interests [in the United States],» the document admitted that the evangelicals were fulfilling «needs and aspirations which are seemingly not being met in the mainline churches.

In an article on Think Progress, Zach Beauchamp cites a study by political scientists Thomas Carsey and Geoffrey Layman which shows that over time, people often change their abortion attitudes to match the political party they generally support.

If the Christian right seeks to gain earthly political power (something Christ himself rejected when tempted by Satan), why don't they at least try to find candidates who support the very issues Christ actually spoke about & challenged us to address as his followers?

Intimidated by loose (and often ludicrous) charges of «theocracy,» many committed religious believers have hesitated to cite the Bible in support of anything political, even though our Founding Fathers did.

Tyagi Bill supported by the Prime Minister Desai restricting religious conversion and also the discrimination of scheduled caste converts to Christianity in the special benefits to people of the scheduled caste background, may be mentioned as violations of the covenant on the part of the State; and the Christian people have been unhappy at giving up minority communal safeguards and many efforts to organize Christian political parties off and on have been made in several states especially in the South by Christians.

Asked by a woman in the audience about her political prospects and those of other women in her identity group, Sanders urged going beyond identity politics: «Rebecca, I would be delighted to support you, but it is not good enough that you're a woman, not good enough that you're a Latina.

Liberation theologies in Third and Fourth World countries, as well as political theology in First and Second World countries, are addressing these systemic class injustices by intellectually and religiously supporting and fostering egalitarian communities committed to more just economic and political orders (CBCC, CLT, LT, FSUW).