Sentences with phrase «trade workers brought»

The case began when three present and former sex trade workers brought an application in the Superior Court of Justice seeking to strike down as unconstitutional various provisions of the Criminal Code which criminalized activities associated with prostitution.

Not exact matches

Under his presidency, he promised to reverse the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, and bring these jobs back to America — a promise that helped him win over blue collar, Rust Belt workers.

Anti-democratic investor rights deals are in the news again, thanks partly to a Communications Workers of America & Trade Justice Network event that brought Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to Canada.

He also acknowledged the tensions caused by immigration, which was an inevitable by - product of bringing down barriers to trade and workers, and called for the government to help develop a «strong society» that could cope.

It states: «To protect emergency workers from abuse, we will repeal the 2003 Licensing Act and bring in new legislation to reduce the density of alcohol outlets and restrict trading times.»

Brexit will demand a Brexiteer PM as a counter-weight to what's gone on — if they're canny enough to re-orient the Tories to the centre ground on spending, with a strong commitment to workers rights, being tough with the EU (getting concessions on immigration and free trade deals) whilst bringing in some of the non-toxic elements of UKIP along and the blue Labour tribe that provides an exciting new paradigm.

Until early this year, he also consulted for the Greater New York Health Association, a trade group for hospitals, and the S.E.I.U. 1199, the health workers» union, advising them on an effort to obtain a federal waiver that would bring more Medicaid money to New York State.

Packaged as «Mighty White» corn (a not - so - subversive nod to the history of corn and trade in the Americas, not to mention its context produced in New York City), Murillo's work here renders the hard labor and efforts of workers in corn production visible, bringing the wage - labor involved in the creation and dissemination of global foodstuffs directly before the visitor.

And to bring the international fair - trade movement — the same one that lobbies for worker equity and sustainability across the globe — home to the Midwest.

Unison, the trade union which brought the case, hailed the judgment as «a major victory for employees everywhere» following its four year fight to overturn the fees, which had resulted in an almost 70 % reduction in the number of employment tribunal cases brought by workers.

Drawing on attorneys from across practice areas and offices, Weil has developed an impressive track record advising with respect to shareholder claims and demands for litigation, internal whistleblower complaints, class and collective actions brought by employees relating to pay, worker classification, and discrimination claims, product liability issues and recalls, privacy rights, intellectual property disputes (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competitrade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competiTrade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competitors.

We must bring back the trade classes in high schools, recruit more high school kids, create more opportunity in apprenticeship programs, and make it a priority to give our workers better pay, benefits, and safer job sites.»