Word: on-the-job
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...activities merely the beginning of a long drive to get Congress to pass the Corporate Democracy Act. Aimed at the U.S.'s 800 largest firms, the proposed bill would require a majority of independent directors on corporate boards, extensive public disclosure by companies of pollutant emissions and on-the-job injuries, and a two-year notice for plant closings...
Certainly our support for Carter is not unqualified. He needed too much on-the-job training. He has not been able to control inflation. His relations with Congress have been poor, often hampering passage of his more important legislative proposals...
...purchase of conservation devices that will go into effect next year; the bill's scope should also be expanded to subsidize conservation for people who can't afford to invest any money in such efforts. There should also clearly be a major effort to direct public on-the-job training and employment programs towards the nation's energy needs. In addition, we must encourage a new emphasis on community-based conservation efforts already in place in scattered locales. In Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the town's leaers have united around the conservation theme. With advice from the federal agency ACTION, they...
...such buildings falls well outside the comfort zone as determined by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers: temperatures of 72° F to 78° F, humidity of 20% to 60%. The engineers' studies also show that under unfavorable conditions, worker productivity falls, on-the-job accidents increase, and employee errors rise. Not to mention frustration levels. "What we're up against," declares Fred Crawford, director of the Center for Research in Social Change at Atlanta's Emory University, "is having our personal freedoms and choices so circumscribed that ordinary citizens are being...
...plays middle guard) due to torn cartilage in his left knee, said. But he impressed the athletic director with a thorough knowledge of insurance requirements for the rustic IAB, the University's rules on the matter, and an itemized cost breakdown for the benefit. Jackson also had on-the-job experience organizing a Labor Day boxing benefit in Erie, Pa., with Harvard's U.S. Marine Corps champion boxer Ron Di Nicola...