Sentences with phrase «allow union workers»

His refusal to allow union workers at his mines eventually led to the Homestead strike in 1892, in which 10 men were killed and 60 were wounded.

Not exact matches

Raising pressure on Germany's IG Metall union, the division's German CEO Michael Lohscheller underlined that new deals had now been struck with workers in Britain, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Poland, allowing investment in their sites.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

Trister points out that the European Union allows workers with five years of service to stay on a permanent basis, without having to leave and return.

Unions advocate card checks because it allows them to sign up workers in secret and then surprise firms with a fait accompli.

The Supreme Court's Bildisco decision required the airlines jump through some additional hoops before a judge can allow them to rip up a union contract, but the mere fact of its possibility weakens the bargaining power of unions by making companies less accountable to what they've promised workers.

The only solution, he added, is that NAFTA must require Mexicans to allow unions to organize their workers and dramatically increase wages to level the playing field.

Reagan started it by allowing corporations to move off shore so they could fire union workers.

He voted for results that favored labor unions even though he thought that union successes tended mainly to impoverish other workers, because his philosophy of struggle implied that unions should be allowed to employ their most powerful weapons.

The authorisation granted by the ACCC allows the Transport Workers Union to represent owner driver members engaged by Toll Transport to provide air freight courier transport services at Toll Priority's Brisbane Airport Depot in collective negotiations with Toll Transport.

The general secretary of POA, the trade union for prisoner workers, insisted staff had never had a problem dealing with the parcels being sent in to jails, casting doubt on Graylings assertion that it would not be «secure or practical» to allow parcels to be sent to prisoners.

A trade union increases the power of the employees by allowing them to bargain collectively with the employer: when the employer has too much power (e.g., the only job in town), a union can «level the playing field» by controlling a large % of skilled workers and negotiate a better pay or benefits which would otherwise be denied by the employer's access to other labor sources.

Also Wednesday, the council greenlighted legislation requiring used car dealers to disclose details about a vehicle's recall history, regulating commercial bicyclists, studying the feasibility of allowing pedestrians to cross in any direction while vehicle traffic is stopped, and extending a prior legal limit on the conversion of hotels into non-hotel use — a bill backed by the city's hotel worker labor union.

A group of Illinois government workers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn four decades of precedent that allow agencies to require union dues or fee payments as a condition of employment.

Three Illinois workers are asking the court to reconsider the 1977 Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which allowed government agencies to require fee payments to labor unions as a condition of employment.

He insisted the free zone companies were not exempted from the application of the Labour Act thus workers in those sectors must be allowed to form unions to protect and defend their economic and social interests.

It does not include a provision sought by some unions to pay a prevailing wage to construction workers, which drew a rebuke from the state's AFL - CIO and allowed Cuomo, normally a centrist Democrat, to attack de Blasio from the left.

Government workers have been allowed to receive a refund check for a portion of their union dues for about four decades, but only a small number have chosen to do so.

A group has secured enough signatures from fast - food workers to allow them to organize union - like representation.

Union funding of political parties also came under scrutiny, with Policy Exchange railing against the default position for union membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so chUnion funding of political parties also came under scrutiny, with Policy Exchange railing against the default position for union membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so chunion membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so choose.

But let's also be crystal clear it is not migrants that drive down wages, it is bad employers that cut pay and bad governments that allow workers to be divided and undermined, and want unions to be weak and passive.

Unions representing public sector workers such as teachers, train drivers and doctors will have to pass a much tougher test before being allowed to strike.

Under new plans going out to consultation today, unions will have to give substantial notice before launching a strike and employers will then be allowed to hire agency workers to break them.

A major labor union and more than a half dozen progressive groups are uniting to oppose Cuomo's proposals to legalize ride - hailing outside of New York City and to explore a law allowing for «portable benefits» among workers in the gig economy.

Employees of a business are not allowed to set up a PAC that takes voluntary automatic payroll deductions meant for political spending in New York, but unions can take such voluntary deductions out of workers» paychecks for campaign efforts.

It would allow developers to pay some union workers 40 percent less than average union wages.

In his article, Howie Hawkins points out that from the 1840s to the 1930s there was a series of independent parties tied to movements to end slavery, secure voting rights for women, allow the development of unions, empower workers, and break up monopolies.

(5) A program bill for SEIU 1199: A measure backed by powerful health workers union 1199 SEIU that would allow home health aides to perform services typically done by nurses is stuck in the Assembly's rules committee with no Senate sponsor.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - Union leaders who represent FitzPatrick nuclear workers say it makes no sense for the state to allow the Oswego County plant to close, and they urge officials to find a way to keep it running.

Advocates for farm workers are trying a new route to gain the right to form a union and be allowed benefits afforded to other laborers in New York.

The new laws would force unions to give employers 14 days notice of strike action and allow them to bring in agency staff to cover for striking workers.

Unions will push for a radical overhaul of Australia's «joke» workplace relations laws to allow millions more workers to push for substantial wage increases Laws related to pregnancy, leave and breastfeeding rights in the workplace exist at the federal and state level.

2018-04-08 12:19 Unions will push for a radical overhaul of Australia's «joke» workplace relations laws to allow millions more workers to push for substantial wage increases Laws related to pregnancy, leave and breastfeeding rights in the workplace exist at the federal and state level.

The NCS data allow us to compare medical insurance coverage and premiums for union vs. nonunion workers, where union status is defined by whether the employee belongs to a collective bargaining unit.

In contrast, delegates at the NEA convention voted down the leadership's recommendation to allow private school employees to join the union, although they did approve membership for workers in private preschools.

The election would also allow workers to select another public employee union to take its place.»

Also, SB 210 would allow workers in Missouri to periodically recertify their union (or not), subject government unions to the same transparency requirements as private sector unions and establish the right to a private ballot in government union organizing elections.

It's a practice that allows a public employee to conduct union business during working hours without loss of pay, all the while giving the union a free worker.

A group of California teachers belonging to a local chapter of the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the country, are suing to overturn state laws that allow school districts to force public sector workers to join unions as a condition of employment.

Charters are a distraction that the right - wing loves mainly because it allows them to undermine left - leaning union workers.

He argued that with the anticipated Supreme Court ruling on Janus v. AFSCME, which will likely allow public sector workers to receive union representation and benefits without paying union dues, it is crucial to remain «united.»

At a time when unions» strength could be significantly dampened if the U.S. Supreme Court rules as expected this year and allows public - sector workers to opt out of paying union fees, these strikes could be a good omen for worried public employees.

Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, which opposed the organizing bid, told Automotive News the union and Volkswagen's German management «colluded for over two years to stack the deck against the workers» and allow a rapid - fire unionization election in the plant.

-- if you complete the analogy by pretending that the only people allowed into the auto workers» union were the people working for General Motors (at least until very, very recently) and the plant owners told the union rep, «look, it doesn't matter that we pay you pittance, if a plant goes down because of those dealers, we're all out of work.

56 In a similar vein, Article 24 (2) of Directive 2004/38 allows a derogation from the principle of equal treatment enjoyed by Union citizens other than workers, self - employed persons, persons who retain such status and members of their families who reside within the territory of the host Member State, by permitting that State not to confer entitlement to social assistance, in particular for the first three months of residence (see Joined Cases C ‑ 22 / 08 and C ‑ 23 / 08 Vatsouras and Koupatantze [2009] ECR I ‑ 4585, paragraphs 34 and 35).

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The Small Business Health Fairness Act would give small - business owners and self - employed workers the same right to affordable quality health insurance as corporate employees and union members by allowing small businesses to band together, through their associations, to negotiate lower health insurance costs.

«Association health plans will allow small businesses to compete with large employers for workers who need good health care coverage for their families, and they'll put self - employed workers on equal footing with corporate employees and union members when it comes to health insurance.»