Sentences with phrase «with union jobs»

Right now, renewables mean competition with union jobs.

If our poorest students had parents with union jobs, steady wages and paid time off, they might be able to support their kids better, both financially and emotionally.

I am gainfully employed with a union job, benefits, and decent wages, however my lack of degree is enough for these banks / entities to assume I am nothing more than a «drop - out».

Not exact matches

Apprentices spend the majority of their time shadowing a fully qualified professional or «journeyperson» on the job, and supplement their practical learning with classroom studies at a union training centre or college campus.

«As usual when these union airlines fail, such as Monarch, Air Berlin and Alitalia in recent months, their pilots all come to Ryanair seeking jobs that pay up to $ 175,000 p.a., deliver a double bank holiday weekend every week, with the best promotions record and, the best job security in Europe,» O'Leary said.

Politically, however, the creation of a middle category of worker would be a hard sell, with labor unions likely to oppose it, says Brishen Rogers, a professor of labor law at Temple University, out of fear that it might tempt many big employers to eliminate fuller - benefit jobs.

Telstra has confirmed up to 103 job cuts in Perth and 326 nationally, with a union claiming the telecommunications giant's head count would be reduced by as much as 450.

Criticisms of the 1099 employment model, they say, are rooted in nostalgia for an age when blue - collar jobs came with lifelong union guarantees and fat pensions.

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.

Manufacturing unions agree with Trump on his opposition to TPP and the export of jobs overseas, but officials said they find his track record unconvincing.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) presented Canada Post with a 72 - hour notice of job action on Thursday evening, hours ahead of a deadline to declare a strike mandate by midnight.

One Occupy rally I stumbled across here in Toronto featured speakers from a big trade union, members of which enjoy jobs that pay relatively well, and a representative of one of Canada's aboriginal groups, whose complaints are legitimate but have little to do with having been left behind by capitalism.

While cutting huge swatches out of corporate overhead, Foster also began assessing his inherited union shop — which came complete with high - seniority workers in single - function jobs.

The party has notoriously been divided on the issue, with its environmental wing pitted against the unions, which backed the project in hopes it would produce a significant amount of American jobs (which it won't).

The company and the union are at an impasse with issues like healthcare, offshoring call center jobs, work rules and pensions.

Although the banks say the moves would be legal procedures that would have a minimum impact on their operations and jobs in Scotland, their warnings intensified concerns about an independent Scotland's ability to retain businesses — particularly during the months of financial uncertainty that would follow a vote to break the 307 - year union with England.

Since then Boeing has shed nearly 3,000 jobs in Washington, fueling tensions with its unions and state officials.

This nationalist discourse — Bob White declaring that he would «wrap the fucking flag» around himself to fight for union jobs — contrasted with an American localism that was ineffective in marshalling political support to stem the tide of rust.

And with her immediate job done at the police officers» union, it was time for Do to go home to California to see her brother.

Under a clause in the union's contract, if Madison's Oscar Mayer plant closes, its employees have the right to take over a job that's held by a worker with the least seniority at the Davenport factory.

During this period the Government of Alberta introduced a $ 15 minimum wage; appointed a gender - balanced Cabinet; replaced a system of regressive flat taxes with a progressive income tax system; laid out a responsible fiscal plan that rejected austerity; implemented an ambitious jobs plan; reformed the royalty system; ended predatory lending practices while strengthening the credit union system and ATB, Alberta's publicly - owned bank; and implemented a climate change leadership plan — among many other important reforms.

UK business groups warn they will move jobs out of UK The leadership of five large British business groups, including the Confederation of British Industry and the British Chamber of Commerce, wrote to Prime Minister Theresa May this week that their members will start moving jobs and investment outside the United Kingdom if a transition deal with the European Union is not agreed soon.

Unions, working with employers, have come along way to making these workplaces safer over the past 30 years, but there's much more work to be done - particularly as we discover the toll these types of jobs take on workers mental health and as the Conservative government moves closer and closer to total industry self - regulation (something that puts all Canadians at risk).

The wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations would share the tax burden with those (including many union members) who enjoy the most generous employer - provided health plans and those (including inner - city residents with suburban jobs) who commute long distances in gas - guzzling cars.

We have a great relationship with them and the union was very supportive because we stressed that we didn't want to eliminate jobs.

Following a consultation period, First Milk said it had to proceed with the move, which threatened up to 231 jobs, despite pleas for Asda to rethink from trades union Unite.

The latest incident to spark widespread union outcry has centred on Carlton & United's Melbourne brewery, where dozens of long - serving maintenance workers were laid off and invited to reapply for their old jobs with a new contractor on inferior pay and conditions.

The Australian Meat Industry Council and the Meat Industry Employees» Union have accused the government of subsiding foreign workers who compete directly with Australian meatworkers for jobs with its five - year commitment to an initiative, Managing Abattoir, Training and Exchange of Skills, or MATES.

It was just time he could have considered when we wanted, I watched that morning as he reduced four men to critical care pateint's in his defiance taking the new job, and the start of his not caring who he hurt the next twelve years taking his rights, To me 2009 was the worst I was arranging with his unions help to get him five weeks vacation On St Croix starting on January second.

«No one was threatened with their jobs,» Peck said, addressing claims that employees were encouraged by park officials to return their union cards.

Granted, none of those jobs made me a lot of money, but it helped keep our family afloat — and was essential income when my former husband's union went on strike — and, more important, it kept me up - to - date in the career I loved and enabled me to maintain relationships with editors.

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Trade unions reacted with outrage today after a prominent right - wing thinktank branded 400,000 public sector job losses «easily manageable».

Equally or perhaps more dangerously for Corbyn, he'd be on the wrong side of a Unite union which backed him to the hilt and serves as a Praetorian guard but is unlikely to sit back quietly if the jobs — and union subs — of the thousands of well - paid skilled workers it represents went down the Swanee with Trident.

Southampton city council has become the first big local authority to ask its workers to take a pay cut or lose their jobs, triggering a row with unions.

Meeting yesterday (Tuesday) with Michael Fallon, Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the union urged the minister to press for assurances that UK jobs would be protected before giving the green light to the merger.

Tens of thousands of teachers across the north - west will be taking strike action today (Thursday 27 June) as a further step in the NASUWT and NUT teacher unions» dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has called for EADS and BAE Systems to give guarantees that no jobs will be lost as a result of merger if the two companies proceed with their plans.

With intimidation, illusion and theater, Silver has made a mockery of the Assembly, pandered to public employee unions and expanded entitlement programs, inviting every Tom, Dick and Harry to climb on the backs of our taxpayers, costing us jobs and higher taxes.»

Cuomo did call for some things that will be unpopular with public employee unions (freezing pay, creating a Tier VI in the pension fund, reducing the size of state government — a move that will undoubtedly necessitate job cuts, but he makes no mention of that I can find in «The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action»).

Three in ten teachers (30 %) say they have turned to medication in the last 12 months to deal with the physical and mental toll their job is taking on them, a survey by the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, has found.

Union President George Bloom was impressed with Tony's position on bringing back jobs to America.

They also said Macri at times seemed uncomfortable with the tug and pull of the top union job, in which he represented a diverse membership of white - and blue - collar workers.

We look forward to working with management to protect this industry — and the conditions that our union will establish — to ensure long - term prosperity and good jobs.»

Ed Santos has done a respectable job raising campaign money, and with matching funds he should have the resources to conduct a vigorous operation, despite CM Mark - Viverito's union - stuffed war chest.

Glaser said those jobs could still be saved if the state could agree with unions on ways to reach a targeted $ 450 million in savings without resorting to layoffs.

A trade union increases the power of the employees by allowing them to bargain collectively with the employer: when the employer has too much power (e.g., the only job in town), a union can «level the playing field» by controlling a large % of skilled workers and negotiate a better pay or benefits which would otherwise be denied by the employer's access to other labor sources.

It is trade union members that would pay with their jobs for a Tory government that would cut immediately and strangle the economic recovery at birth.»

The announcements of the last two days highlight the importance of the Cabinet Office coming to an agreement with the union on the national civil service dispute over jobs and privatisation.»

«It beggars belief that the mayor who was elected in 2008 on a pledge to keep open every ticket office is now planning to close every single one, with all that means for safety and jobs,» Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said.