"We have carefully tracked store traffic, adjusting store hours to control labor while assuring we are open when we need to be, " he says.
Bad management needs to be separated from control over labor and capital as fast as possible.
No expense is harder to control than labor, typically accounting for 25% to 35% of costs in such mine construction and most of the overruns.
Zabara while watching his wife use breathing techniques to control her labor pains during the birth of their first child in 1971 realized that the one-way theory might be wrong.
How can a service company make ten year commitments without any control over its labor costs?
Well if they flip the state senate, which is obviously their goal with eight recalls going on right now, they can take control of the labor unions.
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And this is something I think you're going to hear a lot of today on Capitol Hill, that they didn't control their high labor costs earlier, and then they got caught in this recession.
The department and the media firms reached a compromise that let the firms continue using their own computers and data lines to ensure fast delivery of economic news but let the Labor Department control access to the computers and supervise maintenance of the equipment.
The owner's tightfisted control lasted for decades, until Marvin Miller, a veteran of the steelworker labor fights, took control of the Players Association in the mid-1960s.
Sure, it finally has its labor costs under control following 2007's historic agreement with the United Auto Workers.
Players will also have to manage teams of quirky personalities, placating superstar designers while keeping labor costs under control and developing new talent.
Because the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), a federal agency tasked with insuring private pension plans, has long encouraged large companies to delay needed changes to their retirement plans in order to bring labor costs under control.
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Its so far successful facedown with the once-powerful mechanics' union may have broad echoes across a beleaguered airline industry as the nation's fourth-largest carrier takes a step toward getting its labor costs under control--a necessity if it's to avoid a bankruptcy filing this fall.
And the only direction they will have to go, the only true expense they can control, will be to reduce their labor costs.
It is one of ruthless cost control and mercenary treatment to providers of labor (workers and staff) and capital (not just by beating down bank loan rates but also, primarily, by demanding from suppliers extended low or no-cost trade credit).
Now, with the May 5 primary looming, the Buckeye State is shaping up as a template for 1998, a test case for whether Republicans, exploiting the benefits of incumbency, can institutionalize their House majority as they head into the 2000 presidential campaign, or whether Democrats, exploiting the financial backing of labor unions, can regain control.
Traditional blue-collar labor is often associated with rational control, along with modern high-reliability organizations, such as military, public safety, nuclear energy production, and oil platform operations.
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Now that he has control of the Senate, Mr Howard will probably be able to break Labor's block on the privatisation of the telecoms company Telstra, and attempt further deregulation of the labour market.
But as we shift to a time where labor value drops through the floor, income will be a game of taking control of resources.
The Bureau of Labor, in its occupational projections, advises young people against careers in air traffic control.
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More than 30 years ago the U.S. Department of Labor devised a mechanism for dealing with problematic conflicts of interest, governance and internal control issues within corporate pension plans.
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They want to invest where governments control their spending, investments earn solid aftertax profits, living standards rise rapidly along with consumption, labor is educated and flexible, and regulation is transparent, not secretive.
Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are seen in a "corrupt nexus" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor authorities, he said.
What's so wonderful about locally made fashion is that it offers designers tight control over their product, has a lower environmental footprint and makes it easier to keep an eye on any labor problems.
On inflation, the Fed chairman said that while high energy prices continue to be a source of risk, ongoing productivity gains in the labor market should keep wage increases--still the biggest driver of overall inflation--under control.
It is possible that the mere existence of the ECB safety net is enough to maintain investor confidence, but Spain has some internal challenges: Madrid has little control over its (more fiscally irresponsible) semi-autonomous regions, its banks are in major trouble and its labor market needs urgent reform.
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