Sentences with phrase «huge trade union»

Huge trade union opposition forced him to abandon the scheme.

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Matthew Parks, deputy parliamentary co-ordinator of the Congress of South African Trade Unions — the largest of such groups — described the R20 minimum wage as a «huge victory» given that businesses had originally pushed for R11.

A lot of the policy originates from the first leadership campaign, when Andrew Fisher was actually working at PCS [trade union] and managing to turn out a huge number of documents which formed the skeleton of the general election manifesto.

The reason wages are low, unemployment is high, the trade unions are weak and the recession has caused a huge increase in our national debt has nothing to do with immigration, asylum seekers, refugees or new arrivals to this country.

I think the trade union link gives us a huge head - start over other parties in that respect, because it gives us a direct link to three million working people.

Most schools will not assist children in applying their sunscreen as teachers face time pressures and concerns over child abuse is a huge deterrent that comes with strong advice from local authority education departments and trade unions.

What is certain is that Britain leaving the European Union will affect trade, immigration, taxation, intellectual property, and other regulatory issues — a huge range of areas where Canadian businesses need to start considering the various scenarios that might arise.