From the «conservative» ideology, the «problem» is that the Central State, in cahoots
with public unions and Corporate Overlords, grabs an ever - larger share of the national income to redistribute to reward its cronies and favorites.
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police
union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (
with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's
public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
Two large
union - organized rallies are planned in Athens on the holiday,
with employees at many
public services nominally on strike.
Two organizations, Canadian
Union of
Public Sector Employees (CUPE) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) have publicly released their proposals on how the minimum wage should be increased in Ontario,
with the CCPA proposal in particular showing some promise.
A recent Abacus Data poll, done on behalf of
Public Response — an agency that works
with labour — indicates that a majority of Canadians, 61 %, believe
unions do a good job of protecting their members» jobs.
At a
public meeting of labor and corporate officers last summer, Snyder said he deliberately pleaded
with union leaders not to go forward
with the ballot initiative.
The Liberals are unlikely to make any final decision on drug testing until the Supreme Court of Canada rules on its legality in a case between Suncor and workers at its Alberta oil sands operation, said Troy Winters, senior health and safety officer
with the Canadian
Union of
Public Employees.
With infrastructure spending priorities and upcoming negotiations with public - sector unions, improving the budgetary outlook by $ 4 billion per year for two consecutive years would seem a Herculean t
With infrastructure spending priorities and upcoming negotiations
with public - sector unions, improving the budgetary outlook by $ 4 billion per year for two consecutive years would seem a Herculean t
with public - sector
unions, improving the budgetary outlook by $ 4 billion per year for two consecutive years would seem a Herculean task.
Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for communications and
public policy, and David Ginsberg, its director of research, said in a blog post on Monday that the company had made «real progress» in dealing
with hoax stories and sham accounts since the 2016 election and the campaign, known as Brexit, to withdraw Britain from the European
Union.
David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global
union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met
with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on
public education.
Our models include the Bank of North Dakota and
public banks in other countries, which have put
public money, such as property, income, sales and business taxes, fees and fines, to work for the
public good, in cooperation
with community banks and credit
unions.
With respect to
union and
public pension fund sponsorship of Rule 14a - 8 proposals, for example, Roberta Romano observes that:
The newly elected Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba has moved quickly to cement its anti-worker bona fides
with the radical right - wing by making it more difficult for non-
union workers to join a
union, and by opening up bidding on large scale
public construction projects to non-
union companies.
The Center for
Union Facts, an anti-
union organization that is part of lobbyist Rick Berman's family of front groups, received $ 1.55 million between 2007 and 2010 from the Bradley Foundation and spent heavily to support Walker and smear teachers
unions with an anti-
union website during the 2011 fight over
public sector collective bargaining rights.
• Restore full collective bargaining rights; • Restore strong health and safety protections in workplaces under federal jurisdiction, watered down by the previous government; • Repeal anti-labour Bills C - 525 and C - 377; C - 10; C - 4; C - 59; • Restore pay equity in the
public service,
with full
union right of representation; • Re-open the nine veterans» affairs offices shut down in 2014.
Needless to say, the PSAC, along
with other federal
public service
unions, is going to court to challenge C - 4.
The National
Union of
Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of Canada's largest labour organizations
with over 370,000 members.
D.C. is proposing a mix of
public and private sites, all of which boast access to
public transit and are situated in lively areas full of amenities popular
with techies: the shores of the Anacostia River,
Union Station, Capitol Hill East and Howard University.
It is the intimate and indissoluble
union of the two which prevents preaching from becoming merely a hortatory exercise or a
public address, and which prevents the sacrament from becoming merely routine
with suggestions which might seem to border on «magic.»
In a number of states, these agencies are dominated by teacher
unions and
public school advocates who have made it virtually impossible for some religions to operate schools in accordance
with their religious principles.
On the contrary the weight of authority was often in favour of a spirituality that abstained from critical issues of social and
public life as being alien to, or a distraction from the deeper spiritual quest of
union with God.
With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving bl
With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for
public office; attending
public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally
with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving bl
with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining
unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal
with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving bl
with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.
In that book, written for the general
public and not for scholars, I suggested that love includes the following elements or aspects: commitment, mutuality, fidelity, hopefulness,
union — and that its goal is fulfillment in and
with another or
with others.
In addition, there are in nearly every congregation employers who have alcoholics in their businesses or plants, workers who know of untreated alcoholics in their
unions, professional people
with alcoholics among their clients or patients,
public schoolteachers and opinion molders who through social prestige, political leadership, or involvement in the mass media help to create new images of
public problems.
The Catholic view of matrimony, on the other hand, is that it is an objective bond, sealed
with public vows that are ratified and completed by the private
union of the flesh of a man and a woman who are members of the Body of Christ.
(CNN)-- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, and Ralph Reed, discuss on State of the
Union with Candy Crowley whether a
public servant can declare be a «non-believer.»
The result is that the black alliance within the Democratic party is not
with other racial minorities but
with ideologically based groupings» feminists, gays,
unions» who are now divorced from the values of the party's traditional base, not to mention those of the black
public (Jesse Jackson, for example, flip - flopped on almost all these issues once he decided to run for the nomination).
Thus, the Holy Father and the Bishops in
union with him can not accept «a new
public revelation... as pertaining to the divine deposit of faith.»
The
union, presumably
with considerable input from player agents, is the faction that actually put up the most resistance to letting all this play out in
public.
In consideration of global
public health recommendations, including WHA Resolution 63.23, the WHA Global Strategy of Infant and Young Child feeding and the global impact of exports from the
Union to third countries, the labelling and marketing of processed baby foods should make it clear that these products are not adequate for use by infants of less than 6 months of age and should not undermine the 6 month exclusive breastfeeding recommendation; Considers therefore that the labelling and marketing should be revised in line
with WHA recommendations for foods for infants and young children;
The cooperative procurement group represents 180 Vermont
public schools, and is cochaired by Burlington's Doug Davis, along
with founder Bob Clifford, food service director of Chittenden Central Supervisory
Union.
With the publication of an Associated Press article regarding the CPSC government warning on baby slings and the Consumers
Union's concerns about «bag - style» slings, the companies co-sponsoring this release are taking a stand to help educate the
public on the differences between safe vs. unsafe baby slings and carriers as detailed below.
Up to two million
public sector workers are striking over their pensions today, as
union leaders» impasse
with the government continues.
Commenting on the judicial review on the indexation of
public sector pensions, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National
Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High C
Union of Teachers, the largest teachers»
union, said: «The NUT, along with other unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High C
union, said: «The NUT, along
with other
unions, is challenging the Government in a judicial review at the High Court.
Unions reacted defensively to the report,
with Brendan Barber of the TUC saying the IFS had only examined one of three major changes to
public sector pensions.
The 43 pages amount to a complete overhaul of how Britain is run,
with rail, mail and parts of the energy sector nationalised, an enhanced role for trade
unions and a substantial increase in
public investment - or a dangerous spending spree, in Tory parlance.
My basic argument is we should be trying to find a way of accommodating
public concern over migration and to do it while remaining in the European
Union... I still believe
with a little bit of pragmatism on both sides it would be possible to reach [an agreement].»
Trade
unions reacted
with outrage today after a prominent right - wing thinktank branded 400,000
public sector job losses «easily manageable».
The state's highest court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records
public in a case filed by the New York Civil Liberties
Union with the support of multiple news organizations.
In its submission to the government's open
public services white paper, the
union identifies major problems
with Mr Duncan Smith's work programme, where 33 of the 34 contracts went to large private sector providers.
Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is touting his endorsement today by DC37, NYC's largest municipal
public employee
union and one of the few labor organizations
with a sizable, well - organized field operation.
David Cameron repeatedly tried to use Ed Miliband's relationship
with the trade
unions to his advantage today, as the
public sector pensions strike looms.
With the increased trust of consumers in building societies and credit
unions after the banking collapse, it seems there is a
public appetite for the co-operative alternative and a belief that it is possible to combine social justice and economic efficiency within the firm.
But this year, Cuomo has sought to bolster his ties
with organized labor both in the private and
public sectors,
with the teachers
union being a major politically active constituency, especially in Democratic primary politics.
But ministers, currently engaged in a standoff
with union officials over
public sector pension changes, are unlikely to be willing to make major concessions.
The Department for Work and Pensions must halt its damaging cuts programme, the secretary of state for work and pensions Chris Grayling will be told on Wednesday (14) at a meeting
with the
Public and Commercial Services
union.
If he wins, get ready for another four years of investigations of the Governor since the
public employee
unions won't give an inch, and Schneiderman will be
with them every step of the way.
Ms Keates said the
union would «stand shoulder - to - shoulder
with all
public service workers», but told the BBC a strike by her members was «not inevitable».
Mr Miliband has traditionally sought to avoid the confrontations
with unions which characterised the time of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but there are some very concrete political advantages to a
public spat
with union leaders and many voices in his office are urging him to make the most of it.
The ban is a key demand of the Prison Officers» Association since the ban on smoking in
public places in 2007,
with the
union saying its members could otherwise be at risk of second hand smoke.