Sentences with phrase «rights worker for»

My candidate for a «prophet to the liberals» is Will Campbell, publisher of the journal Katallagete and author of the highly acclaimed Brother to a Dragonfly, an autobiographical book about the lives of Will and his brother, Joe, as they leave their father's small cotton farm in Mississippi — Will to become a civil rights worker for the National Council of Churches, Joe to become a small - town pharmacist.

We must remain committed to education, retraining, and help for displaced workers... We need to help displaced workers make ends meet between jobs and move people quickly on to the next opportunity... [C] ommunity colleges do a great job of providing the right skills to workers and the right workers for firms.

Not exact matches

And this year I plan to lift up the many businesses that have figured out that doing right by their workers ends up being good for their shareholders, their customers, and their communities, so that we can spread those best practices across America.»

Workers» rights advocates have fought for more effective methods for hotel employees to report and protect themselves from inappropriate behavior from guests.

But if we didn't get the right people with the right skills to move, we might solve the problem of restaurant workers, but we wouldn't solve the problem of engineering for the oil sands.»

The civil rights advocate plans to address the typically white - and male - dominated technology industry to push for programs that expand inclusion of diverse workers.

He indeed shifted his focus to economic issues, advocating for a bill of rights for workers and for Congress to pass anti-poverty legislation.

Because Slack hasn't yet reached the point where it has tens of thousands of workers on its books, «[i] t is relatively easy for us to move the lever a small bit right now to make a significant change in our trajectory,» CEO Stewart Butterfield and HR chief Anne Toth write in a blog post disclosing the numbers.

«It's only after I started to bring things to the attention of management and advocate for workers» rights that they started to gin up charges against me.»

In Canada, similar changes for worker rights are harder to come by, though there have been some inroads in recent months.

Are our strange work hours a simple reflection of tech - enabled flexibility and Americans» passion for their jobs, or a sign that bosses» sanity and workers» rights really need to be better protected?

Hammond, who has faced calls from fellow cabinet ministers to scrap the 1 % freeze on public sector pay increases, said that the government must continue the «right balance» between what is fair for workers and taxpayers.

Animal rights activists released a graphic video showing workers whipping, kicking and punching cows at a farm responsible for the cheese at Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's.

For examples of companies doing right by workers eyeing retirement — and gaining competitive advantages along the way — look no further than the 30 Best Workplaces to Retire From.

Marches and other demonstrations for labor and immigrant rights were planned from Florida to New York to California on International Workers» Day and come amid similar actions worldwide.

One organization that has worked to improve working conditions for garment workers is the independent Workers Rights Consworkers is the independent Workers Rights ConsWorkers Rights Consortium.

Some of the demonstrations, which are also celebrated under the International Workers» Day banner, reflected cultural traditions, and many others were a rallying cry for equal rights, equal pay, and a renewed focus on social, environmental and civil - rights issues.

Pick and pack Augmented - reality glasses could help direct warehouse workers to the right items for packing.

Get your worker classification right from the start so you can secure independent contractor status for workers if that's your aim.

And a 2010 survey by the Institute for Women's Policy Research revealed nearly half of US workers reported they were either «contractually forbidden or strongly discouraged» from discussing pay with coworkers (although, as of 2014, 10 states had passed laws protecting employees» rights to discuss salaries).

A White House official pointed to trade as part of a «bigger picture» for the economy, with cabinet - level discussions described as «deliberative» and the President focused on doing right by American workers.

Right now, people are hungry for fast cash, college students are home for the holidays, and it's the absolute best time to get short - term workers and labor if need be.

Puzder, the chief executive of CKE Restaurants, has been widely criticized by labor rights groups for underpaying workers, failing to offer benefits, and attempting to prevent employees from organizing.

Around the world, union members have traditionally marched on May 1 for workers» rights.

Last month, workers rights advocacy group Fight for $ 15 helped workers file 33 complaints against Puzder and CKE Restaurants.

Cook called for unity among Apple workers regardless of their political views, and came out against remarks Trump made during a Tuesday press conference equating far - right hate groups with the people protesting them.

Paladino's Pease says Gen Y workers place enormous value on authenticity and suss out companies that are doing the right things for the right reasons.

Considering the myriad ways our work lives have changed over the past decade or so, the timing is right (if not overdue) for drastic adjustments in how company leaders relate to workers.

It's more typical to have short - term recovery plans — for digging out and getting the lights back on, as 20,000 utility workers are scurrying to do right now.

For decades, workers had been complaining about robots taking their jobs, and they were right to be on edge.

May Day, celebrated on the first day of May every year, has long been a symbolic day for workers» rights around the world.

Unions say right - to - work laws infringe on workers» collective bargaining rights, and proponents call for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

No democracy in the world has been sustained over time without some independent institution that stands up for and advances worker rights, interests and economic welfare.

The idea of May 1 as a day for workers» rights was born in the US city of Chicago, where on May 1, 1886 hundreds of thousands of people walked off the job to protest long hours and harsh working conditions.

This week, the U.S. district court judge slapped the stingy content - marketing firm with a fine of $ 1.75 million to make it right with workers it forced to forgo pay while using the toilet and for taking other short personal breaks.

Businesses say they like right - to - work laws because they make it more difficult for unions to organize workers and raise wage and benefit costs.

But 66 other countries around the world still celebrate the May 1 rite of spring as International Workers» Day, with strikes for workers» Workers» Day, with strikes for workers» workers» rights.

It's not perfect, but the open letter to Canadians from RBC president and CEO Gord Nixon does hit a lot of the right notes to help stem the swell of ill will, sparked by a CBC report over the weekend claiming the company was swapping Canadian staff for cheaper temporary foreign workers.

Oliberté sources materials for its durable leather shoes from sub-Saharan Africa and manufactures in Ethiopia, with a special focus on local workers» rights.

«Visa programs for foreign workers... should be administered in a manner that protects the civil rights of American workers and current lawful residents, and that prioritizes the protection of American workers — our forgotten working people — and the jobs they hold.»

«The availability of jobs across industries underscores the need for companies to evaluate where their talent deficits are and become more strategic about how they fill these needs, whether that means reskilling their current workers, offering higher salaries to attract workers, or using data analytics to target talent with the right skills,» Ferguson comments.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader who is half - heartedly campaigning for the U.K. to remain the E.U., is almost certainly another closet Brexit supporter, a Socialist who sees the E.U. as the stooge of global capitalism, eroding workers» rights with its neo-liberal focus on the Single Market.

The USTR's Ambassador Michael Froman said in a statement, «Our GSP [Generalized System of Preferences] statute requires certain basic standards for worker rights and worker safety as a condition of eligibility.

But Uber in particular also sparks sharp debate about what constitutes an even playing field for its employees, and broad workers» rights and due process for freelancers in the growing gig economy.

An immigrant worker has few rights and is now stuck with the employer for many years.»

The U.S. National Labor Relations Act guarantees workers, whether they are in a union or not, the right to engage in «concerted activities» for their «mutual aid or protection».

In Bangladesh, workers, mostly women, work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditions.

It came under criticism last year from Breitbart News — the alt - right media outlet of presidential adviser Steve Bannon — for announcing a layoff of 12,000 U.S. - based workers, even as it was requesting H - 1B visas to bring in foreign professionals.

Wisconsin and Michigan have both seen union membership plummet after the enactment of «right - to - work» laws that made joining a union optional for government workers.

Campaigners for workers» rights have long lamented that the US is the only industrialised nation that fails to mandate paid leave for new parents.