Word: firsthand
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...director of global labor relations at Coca-Cola, I share the concerns of student activists regarding labor conditions around the world. Through my work on the United Nations International Labor Organization, I have seen firsthand the manifold difference it makes in the lives of individuals, families, communities and entire countries when employers live up to the responsibilities due their workers. In my experience, the campaigns that are the most successful are those grounded in irrefutable fact and driven by a commitment to justice. In the case of the campaign against The Coca-Cola Company, the facts tell quite a different...
...Harvard graduate, I want to applaud Harvard for including Positive Psychology in its offerings, and understanding the importance of sharing the science of well-being with undergraduates. This is a group that is starving for this information, which I’ve seen firsthand in my own bulging practice...
...should have examined how the wave of immigrant laborers affects American-born workers. As a gardener and landscape designer, I have seen firsthand how clients are bypassing American landscapers and hiring immigrant day laborers, whom they can pay less. In an economy already hurt by the outsourcing of U.S. jobs, should we allow Americans to be cut out of employment right here at home...
...encourages students to use original material, including archival files,” Colton said. Through this method, Colton said Martin’s students are able to obtain the “experience of living in this kind of society, learning about it firsthand rather than just through textbooks...
...subject to the strict rules of the Vatican, is not nearly as glamorous as some may imagine. As the print pool reporter for the First Lady's five-day trip to Italy, responsible for sharing my reporting with my fellow journalists in the Fourth Estate, I experienced that firsthand during Mrs. Bush's visit to the Pope Thursday morning and learned the 5 Rules of the Press Pool when you're visiting the Pope...