Sentences with phrase «struggles of working people»

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice A coalition of labor and community organizations working together to build unity and support for the struggles of working people.

Clever again, and in this case the money goes to a 2011 State Battles Fund, «a special initiative focused on the struggles of working people across the country....

Not exact matches

If you're struggling to put ink to paper about your Why, go ask five to seven of your closest friends or people around you that you work with every single day.

Regardless of the wealth of advice you can find about how to be more productive and motivated, people perpetually struggle with what they're trying to achieve at work and in their personal lives.

Sleep deprivation tends to be a vicious cycle: work - related stress, the leading cause of sleeplessness for Canadians, produces tired people who then struggle to cope with work pressure the following day.

Some people struggle to get work done because they need a hum of noise around them and the office is too quiet.

Without trial and error you may find yourself struggling to figure out what content works specifically for you and what helps you reach the highest number of people.

Ensure that a substantial percentage of jobs go to working people from disadvantaged communities; workers who struggle with irregular employment; and returning citizens; and

But many people struggling with their finances don't know the details of how their money works.

McDonald's and low - wage employers everywhere are making billions of dollars in profit and pushing off costs onto taxpayers, while leaving people like us — the people who do the real work — struggling to survive.

«Nowadays people are struggling with their work and life under lots of pressure.

Don't ever point out the similarities to black people; they get really worked up and insist their struggle for equality isn't like those of gays.

Lee's plans are not silver bullets, but they can be part of an economic agenda that can appeal to persuadable Hispanics and African Americans (who — due to residency patterns — are more likely to live near people who are economically struggling) and working - class whites.

You should provide help and encouragement to the person who's struggling with addiction, no matter their condition, but ultimately it is the work of Jesus to break the bondage that is suppressing them (Luke 4:18).

In truth, we are not saved by our works whatsoever, so it is a dangerous error to elevate one's distaste and avoidance of certain sins over other people who are struggling with that sin.

Working diligently to overcome the profound pathology to be found in some quarters of contemporary black life establishes what too often is only asserted» that we are indeed a great people struggling under terrible odds to overcome the effects of profound historic wrongs.

I don't know if it is just because of the economic and social problems of our country, or where I work, or because I deal with it myself, but I am encountering more and more people who struggle with depression.

Recollection of the sometimes bitter struggles between science and religion during the past four or five centuries leads many people to suppose that the life and work of a scientist is a purely secular affair.

What are we to make of the long struggle of the Hebrew people, which regards works as necessary to salvation, except that it is all useless?

I know this sort of thing seems to happen in Scripture (the flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, etc), but I just struggle with what this says about God's ability to work with any sort of person, society, or culture....

Salvation works in the struggle for economic justice against the exploitation of people by people; in the struggle for human dignity against the political oppression of human beings; in the struggle for solidarity against the alienation of person from person; and in the struggle of hope against despair in personal life.

(I'm thinking of people like Lisa Sharon Harper, who has worked tirelessly on immigration reform; Justin Lee, who models and practices «living in the tension» through his work with the Gay Christian Network; Karla, the struggling mother of three whose infectious smile greets thousands of people at our local food pantry here in Rhea County; our friends from Samaritan's Purse working with Ebola patients in West Africa; or Sarah Bessey, who is expecting Tiny # 4 soon.)

They attend to scripture; struggle to discern the gospel's call and demand on them and their congregations in particular contexts; lead worship, preach and teach; respond to requests for help of all kinds from myriad people in need; live with children, youth and adults through life cycles marked by both great joy and profound sadness; and take responsibility for the unending work of running an organization with buildings, budgets, and public relations and personnel issues.

The historical forces now pushing those issues toward the top of the social agenda — and therefore toward serious consideration by the churches — are different from those of the turbulent 1920s and «30s, when the masses of working people in the United States were struggling for the basic right to have a union, a decent wage and tolerable working conditions.

Recognizing that wining over working - class swing voters (or non-working-class voters with many struggling people in their social networks) requires, at minimum, addressing the everyday concerns of those voters — and recognizing that the fates of American working - class voters of all races and ethnicities are linked.

There are people of faith, some of us working, celebrating and ministering within «The Church,» and within denominational structures who are struggling with what the community of Jesus» vision might look like and what it might mean to live within and as part of God's creation.

Are we prepared to stand firm in our faith in working for the people in their struggle for justice, liberation and so on in spite of all accusations and threats?

While People Can Change has never worked with minors and none of us would ever suggest a minor (or anyone) should be forced into anything, it is puzzling to me that you believe in this bizarre caricature of what ministry and healing organizations provide to Christians who struggle with homosexuality.

Rather, it sees modernity as but one developing moment within a larger struggle of love, the central drama of Christ's redemptive work made real among his people and in the world.

But he also used his message to highlight the suffering of people «struggling to find work or relying on food banks» whose plight did not make national headlines.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

Most people can agree that with busy schedules, copious amounts of coffee and the never - ending struggle to fit our exercise regime in around work, dental health is one thing that constantly gets put on the back burner.

«A lot of girls have been working in this industry for years, and struggling and [Kendall Jenner and Ireland Baldwin] walk in one day because of their last name, but whatever, if people like them, then let them do it,» she said.

Wenger lost the plot when he brought in Giroud... what about the beautiful game involves having a lumbering striker who's main attribute is holding up play... our success with Wenger, and even before, came with pace and clinical striking up front, having a boss in the midfield and having physically imposing CBs... what about Wright, Bergkamp, Anelka, Henry or RVP remind anyone of Giroud (minus the left foot of course)... the formula was broken, which didn't have to be the end of our success, but when you adopt half - measures you can't expect things just to work themselves out on their own... at the very least Wenger should have brought in some wingers that can consistently cross the ball and then spend significantly more time addressing our lack of success with set pieces... ultimately this is why we continued to struggle with consistency and continued to constantly play people in the wrong positions

I have seen people suggesting that the change to a 4 -1-4-1 system it one of the reasons for the Gunners struggling so far, so should Wenger change it, or would that be hitting the panic button before he has given it a decent chance to work?

For example, a child who struggles with sensory motor integration or who has autism can be working on the very same four facets of Emotional Intelligence * (EI) right alongside a child for whom self - control, sitting quietly and / or perceiving another person's needs come easily, it's just going to look a little different.

The baby is going to require a certain amount over the 24 hours and for people who are struggling with milk supply during the day or unable to pump enough while they're at work, this idea of reverse cycling, co-sleeping, having your baby with you and nursing during the night could really make it a lot easier so you don't have to supply the baby with so much while you're gone.

And we are really struggling at month two, I think it sometimes can work against us just based on my own personal experience because I'm like «Oh my gosh I got four more months of this, you know and so I understand even for people that are more type «A» kind of personality that want to set more goals and have you know, things in mind as far as dates are concerned and stuff, kind of keep that in mind.

But the truth is in this day and age where people are inundated with text messages, social media, nontraditional work schedules, hundreds of channels on television and increased financial demands — more parents than ever are struggling to feel truly connected to their child.

Dweck has found that people with «growth mindsets» are more resilient and tend to push through struggle because they believe that hard work is part of the process and they do not believe that failure is a permanent condition.

I believe this is much different from popular press magazines advising us as what you're both doing is explaining human development and evolved caregiving practices (which in people who understand healthy relationship dynamics is intuitive and based on common sense, but is not the majority of our population) to people struggling to figure out how to make their primary love relationships work so they don't end in divorce, split families, or unattached / needy people.

So, while the struggles are real, I'm so grateful my partner and I have found the right people to take care of our daughter while we work.

Not so good news for the millions of people struggling to afford the cost of their monthly travelcard to work.

But at a time when so many people are struggling, isn't it right that we ask whether those in the welfare system are faced with the same kinds of decisions that working people have to wrestle with when they have a child?

As the consequences of Brexit are starting to be felt, voters are seeing shops on the high street closing, people they know struggling to find work, and businesses moving overseas.

«The WFP understands that this is not the time to elect wealthy, out of touch candidates who do not understand the everyday struggles facing working people.

Still, polling day was polling day, and I manfully struggled out of bed at 6:30 am for the early morning leaflet drop: with polls opening at 7 am, we were hoping to encourage people to vote before they went to work.

Bettws may be too clunky a name to be adopted by pollsters, but with the spectre of the next election looming, its message is clear: People are struggling to see how the democratic framework works for them.

The 85 personnel, who were dispatched from the Police Headquarters last week to calm tensions and protect lives and properties at Dwerebease and Hweehwee after reprisal attacks between nomadic herdsmen and some farmers, which led to the death of some 8 people, are struggling to access water which they say is affecting their work.

More important than his legacy of helping to spare us the Jamesport nuclear plant, and likely the others which were sure to dot the eastern Long Island landscape, was his inspiration for all of us, especially young people who seek role models for public service: that when you hold on to what you know is right and work hard, even struggle, to make the world a better place, you're more than just an idealist, you're someone who can make a real and lasting difference.