Sentences with phrase «utility workers in»

«When the daily habits of nearly 17,000 utility workers in France were monitored throughout the 1990s, researchers discovered that their degree of social involvement was a good way to predict who would still be alive at the end of the decade,» she claims, for example.

For instance, a utility worker in a restaurant may be required to handle cleaning and sanitizing work in the kitchen while one working in a residential building will have to handle the entire building's maintenance tasks.

Not exact matches

In an annual survey of expats around the globe, some 9,000 workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their childreIn an annual survey of expats around the globe, some 9,000 workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their childrein over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their children.

Unions in the utility industry, health care and manufacturing industries are using knowledge and skills as the key source of worker power by expanding apprenticeship training, creating partnership with community colleges, vocational schools, and employers to fill the «middle skills» gaps that exist today or will grow as skilled baby boomers retire.

In terms of the large - scale, mass - produced economy, the utility of low - skill human workers is rapidly diminishing, as many blue - collar jobs (e.g., in manufacturing) and white - collar jobs (e.g., processing insurance paperwork) can be handled much more cheaply by automated systemIn terms of the large - scale, mass - produced economy, the utility of low - skill human workers is rapidly diminishing, as many blue - collar jobs (e.g., in manufacturing) and white - collar jobs (e.g., processing insurance paperwork) can be handled much more cheaply by automated systemin manufacturing) and white - collar jobs (e.g., processing insurance paperwork) can be handled much more cheaply by automated systems.

Now the public utility company is in a severe state of financial distress, unable to modernize its system and facing a shortage of high - skilled workers.

On top of shipping care packages to electricity workers who toiled day and night in hurricane - ravaged regions, Hubbell Power Systems shipped 900,000 pounds of its products to utilities affected by Hurricane Harvey and 460,000 pounds of products to utilities impacted by Hurricane Irma.

Businesses in tangential industries may also want to consider retraining their own workers — electric utilities, for example, can retrain their coal - fired power plant workers for positions involving utility - scale solar farms.

Clark, who spent seven years in commercial real estate before starting The Common Desk, says a 2,000 - square - foot office space for six workers could cost $ 4,000 monthly, not including supplies or utilities.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.

Mr. Coolahan is a Business Representative with the United Utility Workers» Association and was the 2012 NDP candidate in Calgary - Elbow.

Workers in construction, transportation, retail, banks, hotels, utilities and other professionals would «clearly lose» in a tariff war, the economists say, adding farmers would be doubly hurt — paying higher prices for imported goods and seeing export options curtailed.

It was just timely that they stepped in to help us navigate through the whole process with FEMA and getting utility workers.»

Julio Rhymer, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, quibbles with that, saying the public utility had long - established plans to bring in hundreds of utility workers after the storms but needed to phase in their arrival on the islands in an orderly fashion.

As workers, we are worried about the ever increasing utility tariffs which do not match the rate of increase in incomes.

And, in July of that year, the governor stepped in to end a nearly four - week lockout of 8,000 Utility Workers Union of America employees at ConEd.

The wage board, meeting Monday in Albany, has heard dozens of workers say they struggle to pay ordinary living expenses such as rent, utilities and transportation at the current minimum, often with fluctuating and part - time work schedules.

Utility workers took advantage of milder temperatures and sunshine Tuesday in their scramble to restore electricity to thousands of customers around the Northeast.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

On Wednesday, thousands of public sector workers across the country hit the streets to protest the hikes in utility and fuel prices.

The measure, which is being sponsored in the Assembly by Queens Democrat Mike Gianaris (who is soon to depart to replace retiring Sen. George Onorato) and would increase the pay of service workers like janitors, security guards and dishwashers who work at utilities like ConEd and National Grid.

Other measures approved at the last minute would authorize hunting with crossbows, allow ticket scalping to continue, prohibit unauthorized commerce in human tissue, continue health insurance coverage and revise workplace terms for midwives and utility maintenance workers.

A PSEG Long Island utility worker works on restoring power in East Setauket Tuesday afternoon on Aug. 4, 2015.

The Tema District Council of Labour (TDCL) has expressed concern about the hike in utility tariffs and other services making life unpleasant for workers and their families.

«From sponsoring the veterans» buyback bill and fighting until it became law, to drafting and helping pass legislation ensuring our utility workers are safe from horrific assault, I'm committed to making sure all the working men and women in my communities receive the advocacy they need in Albany.

After centuries of being filled in or diverted, what was left of Coney Island Creek overflowed with such a vengeance that it nearly killed a group of city utility workers trapped by the rising waters.

But such guidance lost its utility when the two rovers landed within three weeks of each other on opposite ends of Mars — the equivalent of Denver and New Delhi — resulting in hordes of enthusiastic but exhausted workers bouncing between three time zones on two planets.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

Oscar winner Julia Roberts as a sassy, low - level law - office worker who becomes obsessed with a case involving a California utility company that's accused of polluting the drinking water in a small town.

Don't forget to give a flyer to the workers and delivery people in your area - the UPS driver, the mail carrier, utility workers - they travel all over and may have seen your pet.

Don't enter people's yards without their permission (and especially don't enter a gated property; guard dogs will attack you or you could cause the escape of another dog and compound your problems); don't let yourself get surprised; if you can bring mace, do so; don't enter abandoned buildings alone; don't wear clothes that make you look like you are not part of the neighborhood or rich or otherwise; walk like you know what you are doing otherwise your vulnerable attitude will be picked up by criminal types; don't enter caves or holes without proper procedures, be sure to use assistants, and use proper gear such as ropes and other things that cave explorers or utility workers would use; park your car in a lighted place, remove visible valuables, lock up and take your keys; be wary of sexual approaches — predators will try to engage you in conversations or try to touch you; and trust your gut when it says you need to get out of there.

Ask at local post offices, utilities or delivery services if they can post a flyer in their break rooms so their workers will know about the missing dog.

They gave a 5 in 1 vaccine which included parvo which they already had after utility worker came in our yard.

The State of New York will work with workers to gain access to other job opportunities and worker retraining in the power and utility sectors within the state, including at other plants.

Workers in agriculture, construction, utilities, and manufacturing are among the most exposed.

«If PacifiCorp's analysis reveals that, yes, our coal plants are costing families, then we as a state need to work with this utility on how we can continue to be an energy exporter, support workers and create new opportunities in Wyoming,» Connie Wilbert, Sierra Club's Wyoming chapter director, said in a statement.

Also the mining equipment, materials, facilities, transport, constuction workers, utility suppliers and corresponding infrastructure, including the generator needed were all flown in on that pristine tarmac to constuct the GLOBAL SEED BANK!

James Slevin, President, Utility Workers Union of America Local 1 - 2, said, «As a union leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their commuWorkers Union of America Local 1 - 2, said, «As a union leader who represents thousands of workers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their commuworkers currently employed in New York's energy system and whose livelihoods depend on those jobs, I am very concerned about protecting their jobs and addressing climate change which affects my members, their families and their communities.

In developing and advocating a strong and just Clean Power Plan, we should be guided by working with representatives of the affected communities, like the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).

Today, IBEW represents electrical worker members in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, manufacturing, and government and still advocates for members» wages, benefits, and rights.

The initiative provides exemptions for certain EITEs and provides rebates to utilities while investing heavily in job assistance for displaced fossil fuel workers and also in tribal and low - income areas.

There's no end date for the subsidies, though the bill does mandate that the utilities have to create transition plans in the next two years for what happens when the plants retire, including how they'll deal with workers who will lose their jobs.

They are intended to «plug in'to existing utility services, and can be deployed by a team of four workers in roughly an hour.

At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

Previously a municipal utility worker specializing in sign, building, street, and landscape maintenance, Nate joined Stoller Family Estate in 2015.

With sport - utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry... Local car dealerships donated three hybrid SUVs to be displayed during the service, one from each of the Big Three.

Further, «phrased as it is in the alternative (i.e., wages, hours, or working conditions»), the language of the IWC's»em ployer» definition has the obvious utility of reaching situations in which multiple entities control different aspects of the employment relationship, as when one entity, which hires and pays workers, places them with other entities that supervise the work.»

Management clients have sought Jim's representation in negotiations involving the Teamsters, UFCW, electrical workers, steelworkers, utility workers, broadcast employees, service employees, textile workers, building trades, security, police and firefighters.

He has extensive experience in the defense of Workers Compensation claims, Utility - based personal injury, medical malpractice, and estate litigation.

Some Austin Water Utility workers claim they were exposed to asbestos after they were asked to remove ceiling, furniture and sweep at a utility building iUtility workers claim they were exposed to asbestos after they were asked to remove ceiling, furniture and sweep at a utility building iutility building in 2016.