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California Employers Association; Chicago Building Contractors' Council [5] Citizens' Alliance; Illinois Coal Operators' Association [6] Lake Carriers' Association [6] Mine Owners' Association; National Association of Manufacturers; National Erectors' Association [4] National Founders' Association [4] National Metal Trades Association [4]
The role and position of an employers' organization differs from country to country. In countries with an Anglo-Saxon economic system (such as the United Kingdom and the United States), where there is no institutionalized cooperation between employers' organizations, trade unions and government, an employers' organization is an interest group or advocacy group that through lobbying tries to ...
Pages in category "Companies based in Atlanta" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 256 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Coca-Cola world headquarters. The Atlanta economy is the 10th largest in the country and 18th in the world with an estimated 2014 GDP of over $324 billion. Atlanta is one of ten U.S. cities classified as an "alpha-world city" by a 2010 study at Loughborough University, [1] and ranks fourth in the number of Fortune 500 companies headquartered within city boundaries, behind New York City ...
Strike was due to major wage and health care cuts by Verizon, a forced pay-for-performance plan and movement-of-work job security provisions. Contract extended. 2012: AT&T: 20,000: 2 Days: AT&T West; California, Nevada, and AT&T East; Connecticut - Unfair labor practice strike during contract negotiations. [15] 2016: Verizon: 40,000: 49 Days
The first Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1859, and was chiefly concerned with fighting railroad rate discrimination and with sustaining commercial ties with the North. After secession , it focused its attention on direct trade with Europe, which was part of an overall Southern goal of achieving economic independence from the North.
The entire metro Atlanta region with area codes 404, 770, 678, 470, and 943 is a local calling area, one of the largest in the United States, without long-distance charges for calls between area codes. All calls in the area are dialed with ten digits.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA / ˈ m ɑːr t ə /) is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area.Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles (77 km) of rail track with 38 subway stations.