The value of human labor will be replaced by the value of human intent.
The U.S. has a long history of creating and adopting technology to take the place of human labor.
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Charges against the five defendants, together and individually, include sex trafficking, murder, fraud and forced human labor, among others.
In the past, where most things of value were generated by human labor, we could maintain a fairly reasonable balance of wealth equality.
Due to the specialized nature of technological constructs like nuclear reactors, however, this is a difficult requirement to fulfill using human labor alone.
In reporting earlier this year about how Google builds its maps, I stumbled upon a massive operation requiring vast amounts of human labor.
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"Other companies operate lean models, investing in bakeries to automate them" and "rely less on human labor, " says Akshay Jagdale, an analyst with KeyBanc Capital Markets.
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Making the switch from human labor to automation only makes sense when the cost (and benefits) of the technology is equal to or more than the cost of a worker.
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Sensors include visible spectrum cameras, 3D laser scanners and a spectrometer analysis (just to name a few) that creates an accurate analysis of waste which has not been possible with mechanical technology or human labor before.
The UN Global Compact seeks to align businesses operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
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The Board of CalPERS -- thanks to the strong, principled intervention by State Treasurer Phil Angelidis and his visionary Deputy, Jennifer Ducray-Morill -- has voted to include human rights, labor rights and environmental concerns in its overseas investment decision-making process.
In addition to Secretary Salazar, the leadership of the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, Justice, Transportation, and Treasury, as well as the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Small Business Administration, turned out to report to the tribal leaders on their efforts to help Indian Country move forward.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee has not yet scheduled a confirmation hearing for Herman.
We've already discussed how important it is for us to work together on issues of human trafficking and forced labor.
Labor and human-rights groups have been calling on apparel brands and retailers to sign on to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement, which would establish a system of independent factory inspections whose recommendations would be binding.
Last month, after a Ceres-led dialogue with labor and human rights groups, NGOs, suppliers and other companies, Levi Strauss released a new blueprint for supply chain engagement that promises deeper efforts to improve the lives and well-being of its supply chain workers, and challenges and inspires other companies to do the same.
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Opponents of FTAA include some organized labor interests, human-rights organizations and environmental groups.
Nadler is a partner at Reed Smith LLP who represents employers at all stages of both traditional labor relations and employment law matters, including cases in federal and state court, arbitration, and mediation, as well as matters before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and various other federal and state agencies.
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Most of the labor remains unmechanized, done by human hand and oxen.
The panel, which has a March 30, 1998 deadline for making its final recommendations, will be co-chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala and the secretary of labor.
House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis of California says last year he received more than 10, 000 requests for individual special projects in just one bill, the one that funds the Departments of Labor, Education and Health and Human Services.
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
The Presidential memorandum gave lead agencies (The Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, along with the Social Security Administration) 150 days to deliver operational plans responsive to the implementation of the Strategy.
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As I pointed out in an earlier column in Slate , the growth of labor-intensive exports from Third World countries, a development possible only because those countries are able to offset their disadvantages by competing on the basis of cheap labor, has brought about a huge improvement in the human condition, even if the wages look miserably low by our standards.
Even back office work like human resources and accounting, is now handled by part-time or contract labor.
Women are twice as likely as men to work in human resources positions in the U.S., according the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Traditional animation methods are labor intensive and time consuming, but Collomosse's technique requires very little human intervention for the transformation to take place.
Labor unions also got their share of goodies from ACA. Even though union members make up only 13 percent of the labor force, they constituted roughly half of those who benefited from waivers handed out by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
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