quota system
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Siphon first took to the streets in 2024 to demonstrate against a quota system for coveted government jobs, which many said favored those with connections.
Lawyers for LA CAN have warned that the city’s goal of removing 9,800 encampments over four years has created a quota system that could make sanitation workers more likely to violate the property rights of unhoused residents.
From Los Angeles Times
A helpful program note by dramaturg Adrian Trujillo Centeno explains that the law eliminated “the national origins quota system that had favored Northern and Western Europeans since the 1920s.”
From Los Angeles Times
At least 25 percent of parliamentary seats must go to women, according to the quota system that also reserves nine seats for minorities.
From Barron's
Execution risks remain, as does uncertainty surrounding the U.S. tariff quota system, Deutsche adds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
