Sentences with phrase «union effort in»

As the bulk of union effort in this race focuses on helping Corbyn, pragmatism will need to come from different sources.

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The move was in response to a union effort after a maid accused Dominique Strauss - Kahn, then - leader of the International Monetary Fund, of sexual assault.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

In his complaint, McGlaughlin describes a history of «abusive» practices and conflict with supervisors that predated — and he says prompted — his union - organizing efforts, and continued after he began seeking to organize his fellow workers.

But operations were strictly Canadian until 2005, when new executives with connections to Noranda agreed to a joint venture with the former Canadian mining giant in Turkey — which was liberalizing its mining industry as part of ongoing efforts to join the European Union.

However, Paul Reilly, the Guild representative involved in the Bloomberg effort, says the union has no plans to file an unfair labor - practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board about McGlaughlin's dismissal.

«Government officials will engage in the negotiations over the weekend in an effort to help reach a tentative labor agreement between the company and the union by 5 p.m. Monday,» GM said in a statement.

Western nations fear the Gulf rivalries playing out in Somalia could sideline their multi-billion dollar, U.N. - led efforts to build a functional Somali army to fight Shabaab before the withdrawal of African Union peacekeepers in 2020.

The Fight for $ 15, a worldwide effort to raise wages and strengthen unions, has successfully led to better pay in many places since its launch in 2012, and a proposed federal minimum wage of $ 15 an hour was part of the Democratic Party platform in 2016.

This January, Tallinn, Estonia, took a radical step in its efforts to reduce traffic jams, and became the first capital in the European Union to offer its residents free public transport.

One recent victory for unions was in Ohio, where in November 2011, voters overturned a Republican - led effort to place restrictions on public sector unions, similar to that in Wisconsin.

Some Republican state Senators were recalled in Wisconsin for voting to curb union power, but Republican Governor Scott Walker survived a recall effort against him.

China and the European Union are set to issues a statement at a high - level meeting in Brussels committing to implement the climate deal, in a effort to bolster the pact as Trump appears set to abandon it.

Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»

The European Union has made efforts to bring a more uniform approach to technology in its member states.

On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.

Following the Paris attacks last year, the European Union (EU) regulators planned a crackdown on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an effort to tackle the financing of terror.

The interest in AI and blockchain spiked after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley during his 2018 Budget speech said that the country will be focusing its efforts in implementing the new technologies to solve issues in healthcare, education and finance.

The draft law aims to open up the audit services market in the European Union in an effort to improve audit quality and transparency.

In addition to demanding a $ 15 minimum wage and union rights, the campaign said it will keep up «unrelenting opposition» to efforts to «block wage increases, gut workers» rights or health care, deport immigrants or support racism or racist policies.»

Apo - The European Union on Thursday launched a plan for thousands of 18 - year - old Europeans to travel in the bloc for free this summer as part of efforts to promote the EU.

LONDON (AP)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has firmly rejected the notion of a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union, insisting Wednesday that the U.K. wouldn't attempt a back - handed effort to remain in the bloc.

Before starting the firm with Chris Burniske and Brad Burnham in 2017, he led Union Square Ventures crypto research and investment efforts.

Does it count in her favor that a Russian Jewish atheist made heroic (yes, heroic) efforts to leave the Soviet Union and become an American citizen, and that she defended her adopted home for the rest of her life?

After the June 1953 uprising in East Germany, the secretary of the communist party's writers union distributed leaflets declaring that the people had lost the confidence of the government and it would take redoubled efforts to win it back ¯ to which Brecht responded, «Would it not be easier in that case for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?»

In the past, an international body like the WJC was clearly necessary to coordinate Jewish efforts in, say, the campaign against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet UnioIn the past, an international body like the WJC was clearly necessary to coordinate Jewish efforts in, say, the campaign against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Unioin, say, the campaign against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Unioin the Soviet Union.

Despite the efforts of the Modern Church People's Union and «Sea of Faith» conferences and other theologically radical groups, many questioning followers of Jesus have drifted away from church life, or at least from participation in the church's decision - making forums, thus allowing undue influence to more traditional positions.

The appearance of the Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry agreement of the World Council of Churches» Faith and Order Commission, the theological consensus statement of the Consultation on Church Union (COCU), and the proliferation of local ecumenical efforts in countless places offer new possibilities for effective unity.

The most powerful effort in the direction of Full Co-operatives, in Buber's opinion, has been the Village Communes which have taken the form of an organic union of agriculture, industry, and the handicrafts and of communal production and consumption.

Ever since California joined the union in 1850, efforts have been made to split the state.

But others have pointed Out that individualism is not only a feature of the cultural landscape between Boston and Los Angeles; it is reinforced in all advanced industrial societies, even in the Soviet Union, by the state's efforts to supply services and legal guarantees.

Labor unions often cooperate with business as in San Francisco where the building trades unions campaigned against the effort to establish a citywide height limitation.

Indeed, it was precisely his effort to incorporate the cosmic vision of Whitehead (especially the idea of experiencing all of reality as a single complex datum) into his own interpretation of religious experience that created such tension in his efforts to effect a union between religious experience and scientific method; for the task of science is to «prune down the objects [of experience] to the limits of its own powers of definition and minute examination,» while «religion must deal with the total concrete fact...» (RESM 53).

In any event, the saints have known that «union,» in the supreme sense intended by the mystics, is not attained by human effort but is (as they say) always a «gift» of God; while contemplation, in the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall seIn any event, the saints have known that «union,» in the supreme sense intended by the mystics, is not attained by human effort but is (as they say) always a «gift» of God; while contemplation, in the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall sein the supreme sense intended by the mystics, is not attained by human effort but is (as they say) always a «gift» of God; while contemplation, in the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall sein the strictest meaning of that term, is only possible for the few who are called to it — although there is an element of contemplation in all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall sein all prayer, not least in «vocal» prayer, as we shall sein «vocal» prayer, as we shall see.

In recent years, Kirill and his «foreign minister,» Metropolitan Hilarion, have been mouthpieces for Russian president Vladimir Putin's efforts to reconstitute something like the old Soviet Union in the name of a «historic Russian space,» an exercise in Great Russian irredentism that has taken a particularly grave turn in Ukraine; concurrently, they've conducted a campaign of seduction in the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisIn recent years, Kirill and his «foreign minister,» Metropolitan Hilarion, have been mouthpieces for Russian president Vladimir Putin's efforts to reconstitute something like the old Soviet Union in the name of a «historic Russian space,» an exercise in Great Russian irredentism that has taken a particularly grave turn in Ukraine; concurrently, they've conducted a campaign of seduction in the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisin the name of a «historic Russian space,» an exercise in Great Russian irredentism that has taken a particularly grave turn in Ukraine; concurrently, they've conducted a campaign of seduction in the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisin Great Russian irredentism that has taken a particularly grave turn in Ukraine; concurrently, they've conducted a campaign of seduction in the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisin Ukraine; concurrently, they've conducted a campaign of seduction in the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisin the Vatican and among American evangelical Protestants, putatively in service to a united front against western decadence and secularisin service to a united front against western decadence and secularism.

The figure for the Soviet Union is open to question because it has not been possible in recent years to get accurate information concerning the fate of Islam under Communism and it is known that efforts have been made to curtail Islam, partly for ideological reasons and partly to break the ties of the Muslims with the Turkish and Iranian areas.

As a way to combat the doping scandals that were destroying its sport, the cycling union in 2008 started an antidoping effort called the biological passport program.

Food laws in countries under the European Union are constantly under scrutiny, in an effort to offer good, safe nutrition to the people whom they govern.

Another employee, also listed in the complaint, claimed he was demoted for his involvement in union efforts.

He is a Board Member of the Harvard Alumni Association, Union Theological Seminary, and the You Can Play Project, a groundbreaking effort to combat homophobia and transphobia in sports.

For his efforts, the conservative National Review gleefully declared Miller's bogus «cupcake amnesty» to be «further proof that Texas is the greatest state in the union.»

The money for the Tibetans and the Dalai Lama was part of the CIA's worldwide effort during the height of the Cold War to undermine Communist governments, particularly in the Soviet Union and China.

Two of the four Democrats running in NY - 6 — Assemblywoman Grace Meng and Assemblyman Rory Lancman — were endorsed by two related unions that have been leading the charge against Wal - Mart's effort to build a store in NYC.

In an effort to sweeten the pot in contract talks with the police union, City Hall is offering a 1 percent salary bump for officers forced to use body cameraIn an effort to sweeten the pot in contract talks with the police union, City Hall is offering a 1 percent salary bump for officers forced to use body camerain contract talks with the police union, City Hall is offering a 1 percent salary bump for officers forced to use body cameras.

When he announced the endorsement, the union's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&runion's president, Bruce Both, said Meng had «pledged her support for our Union's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&rUnion's effort to hold Walmart accountable for reckless corporate policies that effect the worker families, small business owners, and women that live in the 6th Congressional,» adding: «Our Union believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.&rUnion believes that Grace will help unify an ethnically diverse community around the most pressing issue facing our Unions membership: keeping New York City Walmart free.»

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

«People are already mobilizing in New York — there's a major rally today with some of the state's leading unions and health care advocates,» Cuomo wrote in an email accompanying the video's release that also sought small - dollar donations for the state committee's effort.

In many ways, Merkel's visit is a test both of Putin's commitment to create the Eurasian Union, of which Moldova, just as Ukraine, would be inevitable members, and how it will react from now on to EU integration initiatives in countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, which have made initial efforts to join the European UnioIn many ways, Merkel's visit is a test both of Putin's commitment to create the Eurasian Union, of which Moldova, just as Ukraine, would be inevitable members, and how it will react from now on to EU integration initiatives in countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, which have made initial efforts to join the European Unioin countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, which have made initial efforts to join the European Union.

The Customs Union and the more general Eurasian Union project are an effort to foster re-integration in the former Soviet space.

Fruscher ominously notes that a «much more significant downsizing of our entire workforce lies ahead,» but the OTB is awaiting legislative approval for an early - retirement incentive program and a joint effort with the union that represents most of the operation's workforce in accordance with a MOU.