Sentences with phrase «with worker protections»

Do you think Canada and the U.S. can lead the way in the Pacific with worker protections and environmental standards?

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(Nevertheless, the company offers other benefits and protections, such as health insurance through a partnership with Freelancer's Union, plans for business insurance, as well as payment guarantees for workers.)

Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.

The economy was largely cash - based, with little transparency or wage protections for workers.

Formerly a U.S. army logistician, he had worked several years in Iraq for Sallyport, an American PSC that competes with GardaWorld, primarily providing protection for government aid workers.

The precarious workforce includes workers with insecure employment arrangements with few job protections, including temporary workers, freelance workers and independent contractors, part - time workers, and day laborers.

Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez plans to create added protections for hotel workers in Miami Beach, including arming them with panic buttons to report sexual harassment or assault.

Dedicated to growing wine naturally, the winery introduced its natural farming and conservation program with goals of worker health, environmental protection and enhanced grape quality.

They're concerned with factors like safe working conditions, giving back to the communities, worker education, lowering agrochemical use, waste management, wildlife protection and ecosystem and water conservation.

The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has documented many cases where child protective workers have overstepped their bounds, often with the best of intentions however misguided.

Participants from various IBFAN organizations, aid agencies, non-governmental organizations, social service organizations, health care workers, policy makers and representatives from WHO and UNICEF, discussed the protection of breastfeeding and the establishment of breastfeeding cultures as vital components in measures dealing with this topic.

Feeding and nutrition of infants and young children (2003) Guidelines for the WHO European region, with emphasis on the former Soviet countries Development of a global strategy on infant and young child feeding: report on a WHO / UNICEF consultation for the WHO European Region (2001) Budapest, Hungary 28 May - 1 June 2001 Comparative analysis of implementation of the Innocenti Declaration in WHO European member states (1999) Monitoring Innocenti targets on the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding Breastfeeding and healthy eating in pregnancy and lactation (1998) Report on a WHO workshop, Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation, 5 - 8 October 1998 Breastfeeding: how to support success (1997) A practical guide for health workers Health workers and the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes (1987) Report on a WHO meeting, Copenhagen, 31 October 1986 WPRO

And that is part of the dynamic where I think we do see the oscillation I refer to - eg in the micro-case of child protection, social workers are too intrusive (case with sympathy to parents, eg children removed, was there evidence?

And with climate change laws, human rights and workers» rights yet again on the table, what faith would anyone place in ministers maintaining these fundamental protections under deals done in the dark?

She truly understood the vital role labor unions serve in strengthening our economy, and worked hand in hand with us to improve workplace protections, increase wages for America's working poor and middle class, and protect workers» health and retirement benefits.

«As a New York State Assemblyman, Hakeem stood side by side with our members and fought on our behalf as we worked to pass the New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act in 2010, a bill that provides workers in New York State protections against irresponsible employers who fail to pay their workers.

«We strongly disagree with Tim Wu's comments about the need to deregulate essential worker protections in the Triborough Amendment and Scaffold Law.

It has been apparent for some time that the legitimate arguments of Leavers in favour of a Britain which would «take back control» were not generally made with the intention of increasing protections for workers.

«The administration has been working on a proposed agreement with the union to expand the protection of workers» rights,» Deery said.

The real terrorists, which I prefer to label «greedy f# * ks, are the corporations big enough to take their operations to third world companies where they can get away with paying people 40 cents a day, can evade all responsibility for shoddy buildings collapsing and killing / injuring a thousand people, where workers have to handle toxic chemicals without any protection (or lose their jobs) etc etc etc..

In his previous career as a social worker, Chris worked with young people in sexual health, child protection and with young offenders.

It could involve trashing workers» rights and environmental protections, opening our NHS up to foreign competition, making it harder for us to trade with our neighbours and damaging our economy.

A lengthy dispute that saw workers at a Farmington racetrack hold out for guaranteed protections appears to have ended with a deal that has guaranteed fewer races and more financial support for the Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack.

«And under my leadership, it would mean a strengthening of employment rights including creating a new Shadow Cabinet Secretary of State for Labour tasked with making Britain the envy of the world for the quality of our jobs and the protections they have, so workers have access to better terms and conditions.»

Congress deplores the Coalition Government's ideologically driven obsession with «removing red tape» which is really an attempt to deny protections for workers and vulnerable groups in society.

Cuomo, speaking on Thursday afternoon following a rally with the New York Hotel Trades Council in Manhattan, reiterated his support for having some kind of worker protections added to 421 - a.

Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and collective bargaining.

Dr Sheldon Stone presented the findings from a major three - year trial led by researchers at University College London, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, showing that giving one - to - one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap.

The Labour frontbench will concentrate its efforts on getting greater parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit, including the swift publication of the white paper along with protections for workers and environmental standards.

«The threat to workers» rights is there every day — six million earning less than the living wage; many people, nearly a million, on zero - hours contracts with no protection being offered by this government,» he said.

Public sector workers will have pay frozen for two years - with the protection of 1.7 million earning less that # 21,000 who will receive a # 250 increase in both years.

We need Democrats to advance priorities like jobs with higher wages, quality child care and protections for workers.

Today the government asked public sector workers to accept a two - year pay freeze, with protection for the 1.7 million public servants earning less than # 21,000.

It was vintage Cuomo, beginning with a mention of his Italian immigrant grandparents and their experience, then covering a variety of state government and political initiatives on education, minimum wage, M / WBE contracting and undocumented worker protections and concluding with a fierce declaration of support for diversity and the integral role of immigrants in seeking and sustaining the «American Dream.»

At 12:45 p.m. Monday, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, joined with Unite Here 100, will rally for food service worker retention, supporting a bill that expands upon the 2002 Displaced Building Service Worker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a busworker retention, supporting a bill that expands upon the 2002 Displaced Building Service Worker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a busWorker Protection Act to include food service workers from being fired from work after a new owner takes over a business.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's compensation, unemployment benefits and...

Mayor de Blasio and City Council leaders have taken policy positions that do just that: committing to non-cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pioneering an IDNYC program, maintaining strong worker protections, and increasing funding for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and the Community Schools initiative.

The Cuomo administration's Tenant Protection Unit served Brooklyn - based JBI Management with a subpoena yesterday, months after tenants alleged that workers destroyed their bathrooms and...

For protection, Jataí worker bees have evolved a specialized variant: the bouncer bee, a burly guardian with massive legs and a surprisingly small head.

The CDC recommends that health - care workers in close contact with people with suspected or confirmed H1N1 influenza use a properly fitted, disposable N95 respirator, or something that offers similar or better protection.

About Site - We are a family company with over 100 years in business making hand protection solutions and innovative gloves to keep workers safe.

Many fashion companies have shifted production to markets with low labour costs and limited protections for workers» rights.

Habits by Outdoor Activity Workers A recent national sun protection survey by the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund, investigating sun protection habits in the UK, reveals that a quarter of those who work outdoors with children admit to a child having sunburn whilst in their care, and a worrying 40 per cent say children still turn up to outdoor sessions without any sun protection whatsoever.

In Illinois, another state with a constitutional protection for government - worker pensions, the governor recently signed legislation that would raise the retirement age for mid-career workers and reduce cost - of - living adjustments for all workers who have not yet retired.

And unlike a system like Social Security, which awards lower - paid workers with proportionately higher retirement benefits, teacher pension systems lack these kinds of protections.

The abolition of tenure is central to the corporate goal to «de-professionalize» teachers and to reduce them to individualized contract workers, with no real rights or protections.

Also, twelve percent of U.S. wage and salary workers are labor union members, providing them with extra security and protection in the workplace.

NDP: Update the Consumer Protection Act to cap ATM fees at a maximum of 50 cents per withdrawal; ensure all Canadians have reasonable access to a no - frills credit card with an interest rate no more than 5 % over prime; eliminate «pay - to - pay» by banks in which financial institutions charge their customers a fee for making payments on their mortgages, credit cards, or other loans; take action against abusive payday lenders; lower the fees that workers in Canada are forced to pay when sending money to their families abroad; direct the CRTC to crack down on excessive mobile roaming charges; create a Gasoline Ombudsperson to investigate complaints about practices in the gasoline market.

Projects include working with sex workers, inner - city girls, LGBTQ youth, and others to explore ways that high and low technology can be used for protection and self expression, from the latest in GPS and mobile software to simple DIY kits.

We've arrived at a common language about sustainable livelihoods with dignity and opportunity for workers and families and protection for wildlife, water, soil and trees.