John Sweeney
John Sweeney
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 August 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.
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There is such a thing as offensive momentum. Goals you do get tend to come in bunches because you have a rhythm.
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Employers are all too eager to exploit workers. This is no time to make that easier. What a double tragedy it would be to allow the destruction of Hurricane Katrina to depress living standards even further. Taking advantage of a national tragedy to get rid of a protection for workers the corporate backers of the White House have long wanted to remove is nothing less than profiteering.
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McDonald's cannot afford to alienate millions and millions of working people in this country. But believe me that is the road we are headed down.
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Politics is politics. We will expect a spirited campaign. I've had pretty solid majorities in this district.
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This was a hard fought game on both sides. Jacobs showed great composure tonight the way he moved in and hit the ball with his head.
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Wages are flat or falling. Health care costs for families with employer coverage shot up 79 percent from 1996 to 2003. Imagine the hit on families struggling to make it without job-based coverage.
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We cannot afford to stand by and wait for the federal government to take action. So we're going to take it on state by state.
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We have serious constitutional concerns about how the legislature drafted this portion of their budget. And I would not venture to speculate on whether the governor will veto this item.
belts reduction staff
We have had a reduction in staff and we have had to tighten our belts in some of the different programs.
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It's bad form to mention money-laundering. Instead, you talk about asset-management structures and tax beneficial schemes.
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The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.
communication church fundamentals
The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.
fighting order impact
Because of GLHR's crusades... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who are denied the right to join or form a union in order to fight back and provide a better life for their families.