Sentences with phrase «what workers in their industries»

At those levels, CEOs last year were paid 303 times what workers in their industries earned, compared with a ratio of 59 times in 1989, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington - based nonprofit.

Not exact matches

AI may be the current exemplar for what Levi's hopes to achieve — a shift in the way the industry thinks about its workers and acknowledges their needs.

They had job sharing; rather than having German industry just slash and burn and cut all their workers the way that happened in the United States, what (the German government) did was have those workers work part - time and subsidize their wages.

Jefferson, Washington, and the Congress chose to help the industry get back on its feet by what was essentially a tax cut (in lieu of tariffs paid for supplies coming from outside the U.S.) to the owners and workers of the cod fishery on the condition that the ship owners share the tax credits with all the workers.

Workers in such fields as the aerospace industry, championed most vocally by Senator Henry Jackson, are profoundly disturbed by what the senator refers to as «ecological extremists.»

What would be the consequences for cattle - raisers, for companies and workers in the meat - packing and distributing industry?

An example of what is being sought by workers is the New Technology Bill of Rights issued by the International Association of Machinists, representing some 650,000 workers in the machine - tool, metal - working, aerospace and airline industries.

Bettina do you really think it is a good idea to gloat over what you did to workers in the beef industry and their families?

«What there wouldn't be is wholesale importation of underpaid workers from Central Europe in order to destroy conditions, particularly in the construction industry.»

Well, simply put, the industry brought in unskilled migrant workers from India and Pakistan, which led to the influx of cultures that makes the city what it is today.

What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?

Using their own words, workers across America talk about what the Recovery Act has meant to them in tough economic times for the construction industry.

While this in itself is a bit of an overstatement (there is plenty of insightful travel journalism out there to offset the generic pap), Thompson proceeds with an accurate roundup of the elements that conspire to create bad travel writing: throw - away words like «hip,» «happening,» «sun - drenched,» «undiscovered,» and «magical»; imperative language that urges the reader to «do» this, «eat» that, «go» here; stories that depict tourism workers (taxi drivers, hotel clerks, bartenders) as «local color»; the fake narrative «raisons d'etre writers invent to justify their travels»; the untraveled writers and editors who assemble authoritative - sounding travel «roundups» from Internet research; the conflicts of interest that arise when writers fund their travels with industry - subsidized «comps»; publications running what is essentially the same story over and over again, never questioning stereotype assumptions about certain parts of the world.

Left: Garment workers working in the factory in Phnom Penh, courtesy of the artist Right: Worker dormitory near Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), courtesy of the artist At this talk, Piyapongwiwat will share us what these collections of moments will narrate in today's globalizing community and will revolve around the issues on work environment, wage, and labor conditions in the Southeast Asia's garment industry, as the reverse side of globalism in our economic and cultural activities.

When you delve deeper, start researching, and realize what's really going on in the most conventionally popular «tourist destinations,» you quickly realize that tourism in much of the world is a very ugly business that exploits local workers, industries, resources, and the environment.

There are a relatively small number of workers in this industry, but the risk of fatality to these workers is about 30 times what it is for those in all other industries.

I might suggest that while I am, at my core, conservative, my sense is that as we've seen in the U.S. and international banking industry, expanded corporatization has its problems — and one might, fairly, question whether issues of legal ethics will also diminish as lawyers increasingly see themselves as little more than «commodity brokers» as opposed to what has been, at least in theory, a profession which sees itself as more than simply factory workers doing a job... and in fact which many of us still feel is both a great honor and a great social responsibility.

In addition to illustrating the thread and importance of law in relation to these areas, the GEI report assesses the law at different points in the automation cycle — from the developmental stage, when computerisation of an industry begins, to what workers may experience as AI becomes more prevalent, through to issues of responsibility when things go wronIn addition to illustrating the thread and importance of law in relation to these areas, the GEI report assesses the law at different points in the automation cycle — from the developmental stage, when computerisation of an industry begins, to what workers may experience as AI becomes more prevalent, through to issues of responsibility when things go wronin relation to these areas, the GEI report assesses the law at different points in the automation cycle — from the developmental stage, when computerisation of an industry begins, to what workers may experience as AI becomes more prevalent, through to issues of responsibility when things go wronin the automation cycle — from the developmental stage, when computerisation of an industry begins, to what workers may experience as AI becomes more prevalent, through to issues of responsibility when things go wrong.

When you're looking at these average rates and considering how much a typical workers» comp policy costs, keep in mind that it depends on what industry you're in.

Workers» comp coverage varies depending on what industry you're in.

How much you pay for Mississippi workers» comp insurance depends on what kind of industry you're in.

Skilled workers are in high demand in this growing industry, so discover what's attributes and qualifications are required for specific careers in the transport and logistics sector.

As someone in the insurance industry, you need to better understand what employers want to see from their workers.

Since utility workers work in the hospitality industry more often than in any other work environment, let us first see what their duties are in this arena.

It's important for anyone considering a job in healthcare to understand the effects of radiation and what the industry is doing to protect its workers.

Rather, it's based upon what workers in the same job, who possess a similar skillset and experience level, are making in the same labor market (metro area, company size, industry, etc..)

No matter what job you do or what industry you're in, the best workers always lead by example.