We got the call telling us his birthmom
was in labor on April 30th and could we be there the next day for her induction??
I am so happy for you all, and had a feeling you were going to
be in labor on Thanksgiving or the day after.
Not exact matches
The advisory group,
in a report submitted to Congress and the U.S. trade representative
in late June, suggested the USTR borrow exact language pertaining to the agricultural sector and suggested using the Asiawide trade deal as the basis for text
on environmental and
labor regulation, with «additional strengthening of measures beyond what
was in TPP,» according to a copy of the June 30 letter obtained by CNBC.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should
be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but
are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses
on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect
on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions
on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact
on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from
labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact
on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns
on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes
on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco
on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes
in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that
was enacted
on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence
on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments
on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not
be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest
on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Three men working with the New York - based non-profit group China
Labor Watch
were arrested after their investigation of Ivanka Trump's suppliers zeroed
in on Huajian.
When Rielle Hunter approached him
in 2006 he
was on a cross-country tour to help
labor unions.
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including,
in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully
in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations
in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition
on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations
in flight schedules, which
are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations
in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges;
labor relations and costs; the impact of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters
on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
But if Uber puts a new requirement
on drivers to
be fingerprinted, that might come up
in such a
labor dispute.
The division of
labor on a particular task or outside conditions may demand a change
in the way a team
is working.
Levkovich: I think people have
been underappreciating what
's been going
on in the
labor force.
To help you sniff out the good from the bad, we rounded up 15 questions to ask prospective advisers, from the Department of
Labor's guide for consumers
on how to tell if your adviser
is working
in your best interest:
While Japanese
labor laws stipulate paying salaries
in yen, GMO told Kyodo News that it
was not breaking any regulations since the bitcoin payment would
be optional, based
on mutual agreement and deducted from an employee's monthly paycheck.
(i) Assist companies
in determining and interpreting their ratio (revenue stream number one); (ii) Sell the data back to companies to compare and explain ratios among their peers
on an industry - by - industry basis, because average worker compensation for Bank of America will
be different than that of Apple, for example (revenue stream number two); and (iii) Sell the data to
labor groups to assist them
in collective bargaining (revenue stream number three).
Education has traditionally
been «done
in a
labor - intensive, inefficient way,» Raj said
on a call, mentioning the paper - based products,
in - person meetings, and binders filled with sign -
in sheets and lists of checkboxes, that
are its hallmarks.
Today'
s must - read story
is from Fortune «
s Tory Newmyer and it looks at
labor federation AFL - CIO'
s decision to lift a freeze
on political contributions that it imposed
in March
in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free trade measures.
Sherazee, a Canadian of Pakistani origin, worked with his staff to set up the accommodations that have
been installed across other OFC companies — the female prayer room, and the partitions
in offices and
on factory floors to give women privacy
in line with
labor regulations.
With lowering levels of entrepreneurship
in the country, chances
are that other countries could provide greater competition, often at lower
labor rates, creating increased pressure
on U.S. entrepreneurs.
Many state
labor departments also have listings
on their websites for employers about laws they must abide by when doing business
in the state and these can
be helpful
in determining what to include
in an employee handbook.
If growing unemployment
was not enough, a decline
in labor market participation
was also
on the rise, the ILO said, a warning borne out by the latest U.S. jobs data from December which showed that the
labor force participation rate tumbled to 62.8 percent, its worst level since January 1978.
The
Labor Department said
on Thursday that the claims data for Maine and Colorado
were estimated, while claims - taking procedures
in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands had still not returned to normal after
being devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.
Seth Goldman
was very clear
in explaining that the peppermint leaves he buys from I «tchik Herbal Tea
are not grown
on the Crow Reservation but
are bought from still another source, and that he can't make claims about the
labor conditions under which the company's herbs and teas
are grown, because he hasn't visited the farms.
In 2014 seven building contractors
were arrested
on allegations they had collaborated with the Naples mafia, the Camorra, to obtain cheap
labor.
«I usually try to staff up a couple extra employees to
be on the safe side and just spend a little more
on labor to make sure I
'm covered
in any sort of a bind,» Critton says.
Pilots and flight attendants plan to strike for four hours from 1 p.m. local time
on Dec. 15, the Anpac union said
in a letter to the airline, adding that they
're campaigning for the right to negotiate collective
labor agreements, as well as
on issues including social security, health care and vacation planning.
But the guild has recently upped its efforts to organize the story - shapers behind some of the biggest hits
on TV, and these cases have
been seen by many
in the
labor law community as a hardball tactic
in that crusade.
Women have less time for
on - the - job
labor because they spend more time doing housework than their male counterparts — so they miss out when they
're working
in fields that reward long hours, based
on a new National Bureau for Economic Research study.
This
is bad news if your company depends
on immigrant
labor, or frequently hires H - 1B visa holders — and look,
in particular, for tech companies like Facebook, which have lobbied furiously for more H - 1B visas, to howl
in response.
Doing the minimum required by a franchise system
is not the way to make big numbers — he recommends doing as much as possible
in the beginning, theorizing that if franchisees
are scrimping
on advertising or
labor in the first year just to keep the doors open, they didn't have enough operating capital to begin with.
Relations between worker and employer
are governed by a welter of state and federal laws and regulations drafted
in the first half of the 20th century to prevent child
labor and other abuses
in factories and
on farms.
In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America - whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap labor and other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as is to be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed in essence that Trump's decision is on the right trac
In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump
is throwing at China and at Corporate America - whose supply chains go through China
in search of cheap labor and other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as is to be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed in essence that Trump's decision is on the right trac
in search of cheap
labor and other cost savings - Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as
is to
be expected, and trotted out the standard Chinese fig leafs and state - scripted rhetoric that confirmed
in essence that Trump's decision is on the right trac
in essence that Trump's decision
is on the right track.
While this has not always
been the case, figures published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics suggest that between 1998 and 2008, the amount spent
on personal care per individual soared by 54 %
in the United States.
Welch said it would have a negative effect
on labor in the US, would
be damaging to the supply chains among the US, Canada, and Mexico, and would cause prices to rise across the board, particularly at giants such as Walmart.
Premier Colin Barnett has softened his position
on the proposed privatisation of Western Power, saying it could
be used by
Labor as a scare campaign
in the state election next year.
While the book
is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much
in the way of specific
on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy
labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.
A little - noticed difference between the federal
Labor and Liberal parties
is that the former ties itself
in knots over whether or not to dispatch a leader who
's on the nose with voters.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to
be incurred by United Technologies
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including
in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may
be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including
in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption
in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and
labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes
in political conditions
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which
is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result
in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including
in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies
being restricted
in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement
is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to
be issued
in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may
be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
The Browning - Ferris decision builds
on a previous memo from July 2014,
in which the board said McDonald's Corp. could
be held accountable as a joint - employer for its franchise owners» activities and any
labor disputes they may have.
While the metrics
on the white board
are different, Coach Dave's words remain eternal: energy (number of hours worked of overtime), effort (percentage of new product developments and revenue streams created by non-Bauer family staff) and desperation (the proportion of our overhead to sales, or how efficient we
are in utilizing our capital and
labor in our hungry quest for higher profit margins) remain an integral part of the winning formula.
But the pharmaceutical sector, which relies disproportionately
on immigrant
labor, has
been almost universally silent — perhaps
in a bid to avoid rousing Trump's ire before a crucial meeting Tuesday morning at the White House.
But if, (keeping
in mind that I
am not a lawyer, this
is not legal advice, and you should always have a
labor and employment law attorney
on your speed dial) there
is no downside to the move for the accuser, then you
're good.
A 14 - year low
on jobless claims reinforced expectations that slack
in the
labor market
was being reduced.
«Where I get concerned
in the longer run
is that the nation
is becoming more reliant
on immigration versus the natural population growth to supply
labor,» said Scott Clemons, Chief Investment Strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.
In 2006, five Federal Reserve economists published a paper
on labor force participation, which
was falling even back then.
American student Otto Warmbier, sentenced last year to 15 years» hard
labor in North Korea, returned to the United States
in a coma
on June 13 after
being released
on humanitarian grounds, and died June 19.
While China's history
was built
on cheap
labor it now has to invest
in robotics.
«Recent studies have shown that corporate taxes
are in large part passed
on to
labor through lower wages,» says the release.
If
on average $ 40,000 worth of direct -
labor costs produces $ 100,000
in sales, for example, the markup factor would
be 2.5.
Finalist cities
are refining their pitches based
on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations
in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled
labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.
The right - to - work drive
in Michigan
is the latest of a series of setbacks for
labor unions
in the United States, beginning
in 2011, when Wisconsin's Walker pushed through the legislature limits
on public sector unions such as teachers.
Against the backdrop of average hourly earnings that climbed just 0.1 %
on the month and a modest 2.6 %
on an annual basis, this suggests a strong
labor market
is drawing new workers
in without generating any inflation.