Word: establishing
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...stresses what the authors call the "two faces of unionism." While conceding that unions do in fact act like a monopoly in restricting the labor supply. Freeman and Medoff argue that unions are also socially and economically valuable for three reasons. First, because unions give workers a voice and establish grievance procedures, turnover rates in unionized workplaces are far lower than in non-unionized ones. This spares firms the cost of constantly hiring and retraining new workers to replace the disgruntled ones who have left. Therefore, unions are actually productive. In addition, because unions raise wages, management must find other...
...flashlight, a red ball, a bell, a rattle and a safety pin. Success depends on the skill of the examiner, who must guide the baby in and out of sleep, calm alertness and crying, while he watches the child's reaction to his simple stimuli. The baby will establish his own pattern of responses out of the infinite number of possibilities, and so give the examiner clues to personal characteristics. "With the scale, we can identify an active baby, a quiet baby, a cuddly baby, a normal baby." Tronick said...
Wednesday's report calls for strengthening the Sullivan Principles. More significantly, however, it urges the Corporation to establish the Tutu Resolutions, a substantially broader set of standards for corporate behavior, as a concomitant requirement...
...South Africa, it should adopt practices and policies aimed at eliminating all aspects of apartheid in the workplace (including unequal pay and the underrepresentation of non-whites in management and supervisory positions) and improving employees' lives outside the workplace in such areas as housing, schooling, and health facilities; establish an adequate minimum wage; and adopt policies permitting non-white employees to engage in collective bargaining. The Committee also concluded that U.S. banks should not make loans to the South African government or its public corporation...
...great believer in his own powers as a negotiator, especially after arranging the release of downed Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman from Syria last January, Jackson wants to establish a "dialogue" with Palestinian leaders on the issue of an independent Palestinian state, which he advocates. "I've always supported Israel's right to exist with security," Jackson says. "But unless you can talk with adversaries, you cannot help the ally." He would try to curtail U.S. investments in South Africa, while increasing foreign aid to other African nations. Jackson is unconvinced that Cuba and Nicaragua are fomenting revolution...