Sentences with phrase «protesting against poor»

It seems they were threatening to sack anyone who might consider protesting against their poor working conditions.

The public unrest that swept across Iran starting in late December began as a protest against poor economic conditions, but it quickly turned into a call for an end to the country's theocratic regime.

The move is believed to be retaliation for prisoner - staged protest against poor conditions.

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During the height of the protests, in a speech made March 5, 2014 at a military parade in Caracas marking the one year anniversary of Chávez's death, Maduro proclaimed, Chávez «the Redeemer of the poor» and said that the poor were calling to Chávez the «Redeeming Christ of the 21st Century» to help them against the capitalist protestors attempting to undo all he had done for the poor.

Thus Christian love expressed in solidarity with the poor, by the acceptance of poverty is a protest against poverty.

The Exodus story of Yahweh's redemption of an oppressed people, the prophetic protest against neglect of the poor, Jesus» proclaiming the good news to social outcasts — this theme of divine concern for those who lack power and possessions is too dominant for us to ignore when we ask what God is like.

According to the Wall Street Journal, «UNICEF remains captive to a clutch of activists who have been leading boycotts and protests against the baby formula makers since the 1970s on the highly spurious grounds that the companies trying to supply better nutrition «exploit» the poor... If the toll of African AIDS babies continues to rise, the credibility of one of the most beloved UN agencies may sink.»

Workers of Dangote Cement in Tema have laid down their tools in protest against what they call poor conditions of service and low salaries.

According to a statement issued on Saturday by Mr. Bode Ogunmola, State Publicity Secretary of the party in reaction to the ongoing strike embarked upon by workers to protest against unpaid salaries and poor working conditions.

Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»

Fact was many people thought labour would do very poor, so voted labour as a protest against the Tories, on the likes of the Dementia tax, but didn't actually want labour to win, the Tories are still imploding, labour is in the rise, I'm not saying labour wouldn't win a election, if it was called tommorow, but thre are people who voted labour thinking we wouldn't win, so did it anyway, who won't vote labour next time, as they're worried we would win.

► «Frustrated scientists in Chile have taken to the streets to protest against low research spending, frail science institutions, poor career prospects — and what they see as the government's overall disregard for science,» Tania Rabesandratana wrote in another Monday ScienceInsider.

Frustrated scientists in Chile have taken to the streets to protest against low research spending, frail science institutions, poor career prospects — and what they see as the government's overall disregard for science.

MILLIONS of people took to the streets in Brazil last week across over 100 cities to protest against wide - ranging issues, including corruption and poor public services.

I would like to see more people get involved in protesting against GMO, cruel animal feedlots, battery chicken, poor / inadequate food labelling, over-regulation of complimentary medicines and supplements etc..

His Black Panther Party broadsides were a form of public art that gave voice to protest against living conditions for America's poor, Black residents.

More than 1,000 legal aid solicitors took to the streets this week to protest against proposed changes to the legal aid system that they say will hit the poorest members of society.