Sentences with phrase «with labour as»

This isn't an election it's a fight to save the nation not just for the next five years but for the next fifty because with Labour as a serious political force it is possible for it to become the government again and wreck everything again.

Apart from that ward the Tories would crush Labour in every ward except Sutton Central if the Lib Dems had never gained a foothold, they may well have been able to get 70 % + in some of the very wealthy wards in the south of the seat with Labour as the main opposition.

I still stand by what I have said previously, that a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party, is the most likely scenario in 2015.

In achieving what many of them would want they might make themselves redundant, leaving slow long - term merger with Labour as the only alternative.

The most likely result right now has to be a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party.

The right is beginning to doubt that Cameron can deliver a referendum, and not only because the polls still point to a Labour victory, or a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party.

Labour overall majority - 18 % Hung Parliament with Labour as largest single party - 7 % TOTAL EXPECTING LABOUR AS LARGEST PARTY - 25 %

So the plausibility of the claim rests upon the idea that we should be identified with Labour as a «progressive bloc».

And the Liberal Democrats know this, and know that most people have a problem with Labour as a government, not just Gordon Brown as prime minister.

This was a reference to the events of late July and early August 2008 which followed Labour's defeat to the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by - election when, with a demoralised Gordon Brown on holiday in Suffolk, with Labour as many as 25 points behind in the polls, and with MPs insurgent and openly discussing a leadership challenge, Miliband made his move.

And it still depends on fluking a hung Parliament at the next election, with Labour as the largest single party and having enough LibDems to produce a workable majority... and that's before the horse - trading on policies begins.

But the pair then gave every indidcation that they wanted to join forces with Labour as they pledged to try to strike alliances with other left - of - centre parties to defeat the Conservatives.

Not exact matches

«Certainly you can see that in last year's general election, as compared with other places in London with a substantial Jewish population, Labour didn't do quite so well.

And in September, at about the first Wednesday after Labour Day, they «go haywire,» as parents with young kids scramble to readjust to a new school year.

As jet fuel costs rise in accordance with oil prices — and already fuel has overtaken labour as airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average persoAs jet fuel costs rise in accordance with oil prices — and already fuel has overtaken labour as airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average persoas airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average person.

«When you change your trading relationship and population movements with the world, it has to change everything from the cost and supply of labour, the cost of good (exchange rate), the availability of market access (in and out), government finances (fiscal policy) or as we know very well monetary policy.

As a condition of receiving taxpayer - funded bailouts, governments ordered GM, Chrysler and their unions to bring labour costs in line with Toyota, Honda and Nissan.

Any increase in TFWs in Southwestern Ontario should be seen as a surprise, as the labour market has been in decline in the region over the last decade, with London, Windsor and Hamilton experiencing significant declines in their full - time employment rates:

Its 32 stories — among them offerings from Alice Munro, John Cheever, Junot Diaz and Joyce Carol Oates — delve into all aspects of what we do for our paycheques, with work defined broadly «as labour, as chores, as business, as duty, as habit,» inside the workplace and out.

As the ability of Unifor and UAW to set industry benchmarks diminished along with the Detroit Three's workforces, though, Toyota began paying wages markedly below union rates in certain U.S. regions, notes Kristin Dziczek, director of the Center for Automotive Research's labour group.

As a result, urban centres across Canada are teeming with freelance labour.

It comes with the Government under pressure after losing its House of Commons majority in the general election as Jeremy Corbyn's anti-austerity Labour outperformed expectations.

The percentage of women between the ages of 25 and 54 with full - time jobs rose from 58 % in 2000 to 63 % in 2007, as women entered the labour force as never before, causing family incomes to rise.

In 1987, 8.6 % of the labour force worked in sales jobs, estimates Statistics Canada; a generation later, that figure has inched up to 9.7 %, with about 3.7 million Canadians working in «sales and service» as of September 2011.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

Though some experts argue that employee tenures at the top are decreasing, she points to U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, which find that managers stay with a firm an average of 6.1 years (up from 5.3 years in 1983), as proof that the jury is still out.

With the cost of fuel rising, and the cost of labour rising in China as well, not everything made in China is that cheap anymore.

Add in all the perks of producing at home — such as eliminating exchange rate uncertainty, lower chances of supply chain disruptions, a more plentiful supply of qualified labour and the synergies that develop when the R&D guys can easily chat with factory floor employees — and the overall costs of building a new factory in the U.S. or China are roughly equal.

She observes that since the provinces control most of the social programs that are responsible for settling and integrating immigrants into Canadian society, such as education, health care, welfare, and share labour - market training with the feds, it only makes sense that they take a bigger role in implementing immigration policy.

Cyclical unemployment left untreated, as Yellen and Bernanke very well know, can turn into so - called structural unemployment, as the long - term jobless see their skills deteriorate and become obsolete or lose touch with the professional networks of colleagues that could help them re-enter the labour market.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader who is half - heartedly campaigning for the U.K. to remain the E.U., is almost certainly another closet Brexit supporter, a Socialist who sees the E.U. as the stooge of global capitalism, eroding workers» rights with its neo-liberal focus on the Single Market.

«If you're physically able to work — as people are today with better health outcomes — a lot of people are just choosing to join the labour market,» says Francis Fong, an economist with TD Bank.

Whatever is the current cause of the rise of prices in the housing market, when computed as the mortgage cost in labour time in terms of the average weekly salary, residential properties, with the exception of the 1988 - 1991 period, are now clearly less affordable for middle - class Canadians than they were for the last five decades.

Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

We think so, but we need convincing to believe that simply going to a labour based approach as proposed in the Jenkins report, along with decreasing the refundable portion of the credit over time are all that is needed to free up the monies and make the SR&ED incentives a truly effective instrument.

The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «New Labour» policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly on labor.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

MARCH 6, 2006: A Tyee contributor since 2004, Tom Sandborn takes on role as Tyee labour beat reporter, with a focus as well on public health issues.

In September, 2012 he retired from a long career as Chief Economist and Director of Social and Economic Policy with the Canadian Labour Congress.

Further extending the time during which the economy operates with excess capacity has multiple undesirable implications, such as discouragement of workers and labour - market scarring.

Doubling employment would mean an extremely big increase in real wages to get twice as many people willing to work, and it would be a very strange (though not theoretically impossible) halving of average labour productivity that would be compatible with a very large increase in equilibrium real wages.

«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part - time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including lack of a pension, paid vacation and sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.

Unfortunately for the Japanese labour markets, as with many other countries, many young intellectuals seek further study elsewhere in countries like the UK that have renowned Universities and research facilities, taking a large portion of the skilled labour force the Japanese markets need, into other areas of work such as research and academia, a less hands on field that benefits the computer science industry on the whole but does not help specific firms achieve their targets directly.

Some labour force data is available for workers who self - identify as aboriginal (off - reserve only), and workers with landed immigrant status.

The labour market had been viewed as the main cloud over the US economy, with some surprisingly soft outcomes for non-farm payrolls employment in late 2003 and early 2004.

Concerns over negative economic impacts, such as a widening trade deficit with China, increased control of certain sectors by Chinese state - owned enterprises (SOEs), and intensified competition in the labour market for mid-skilled and less educated Canadian workers in particular; [1]

As Prime Minister, what steps would you take — including economic sanctions — to encourage compliance of these countries with International Labour Organization standards?

Wages: Data has painted a picture of a healthy labour market, as of late, with the rate of job growth plodding along nicely.

If a company can find a third party company which can provide cheaper labour, less regulation and fewer taxes, but also treats its workers fairly and provides them with a safe working environment and better quality of life, as many do, it can be an excellent option.

The labour market has also remained weak, with the unemployment rate continuing to hover around 5 1/4 to 5 1/2 per cent, as has been the case for the past 18 months or so.