Sentences with phrase «for strike»

I will not wait for Strike Three and instead just say No now.

Trump also owns a multimillion - dollar mansion on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, which is bracing for a strike from Irma this morning.

A deadly rattlesnake seems to be planning attacks by clearing a path for its strike in advance.

Prior to the experiment, the bonobos (including Kuni) were exposed to a human drummer and were rewarded for any strike of the drum, but were not trained to produce a specific rhythm or to synchronize with the experimenter.

Organizer Fred Wells, curator of aquatic biology at the Western Australian Museum in Perth, got the idea for the strike force from Sydney's Australian Museum, which did a similar inventory on Queensland's Lizard Island in 1975.

Karate students must learn that for a strike to have maximum momentum, it must have a follow - through; golf and tennis players follow through with their swings for the same reason.

The bill includes a requirement for a 40 % turnout threshold for strike ballots in «important public services».

In particular, Prime Minister David Cameron is keen to include plans for a strike ballot threshold in his party's next manifesto.

They said that 76 per cent who took part in the ballot voted for strike action.

But Owen Hathway, Wales policy officer at NUT Cymru, said there was a mandate for strike action among teachers despite the ballot being two years ago.

Their programme is designed to cement their relationships, grow their contacts, promote their candidates, prepare the ground for their strike.

On Wednesday, Mr Cameron said the time had come for legislation setting a minimum turnout for a strike ballot, promising this in the next Conservative manifesto.

The Communication Workers Union is to ballot for a strike, saying privatisation may threaten jobs and lead to poor service.

NARD President, Dr. Onyebueze John, had said in a statement that the association resolved to reject the offer from the Federal Government and proceed on total and indefinite strike action until all items on its demand list for strike action were resolved.

There was also an agree / disagree question on support for strike action in a ComRes poll for ITV this week, 38 % agreed that they supported the strike action, 47 % did not.

UK's largest union sets up fighting fund for strike pay and campaign leaflets to fight further government spending cuts

For many trade unionists, the government's refusal to allow them to use electronic voting shows that the talk of higher turnouts for strike ballots is just empty rhetoric.

They include the introduction of a 50 % turnout threshold on strike votes, a change to allow employers to bring in agency staff to cover work during industrial action, and a requirement for strike leaders to wear armbands on the picket line.

NUT head Christine Blower defends her union's mandate for strike action, following criticisms of the date and turnout of the ballot.

A future Conservative government would introduce a threshold on union ballots for strike action, Prime Minister David Cameron says.

The head of the NUT has defended her union's mandate for strike action, following criticisms of the date and turnout of the ballot.

In the event of any compulsory redundancies, the union will ballot for a strike.

Headteachers have voted for strike action for the first time ever later, but union chiefs say it is still «not too late» to resolve the public sector pensions impasse.

Hundreds of IT staff who work on contracts for five government departments and agencies are being balloted for a strike over pay, the Public and Commercial Services union announces.

Asked who was to blame for the strike, most voters chose the government, with 38 % blaming it compared to 33 % blaming the unions.

In a national ballot 61.1 % of PCS's quarter of a million civil and public service members voted for a strike and 83.6 % voted for other forms of industrial action, on a 32.4 % turnout.

YouGov recently found people would support a minimum 50 % turnout for strike votes by a margin of 56 % to 24 %.

Granting an injunction in the face of a massive vote for strike action is an affront to democracy.

Russia's ambassador to the U.S. warned there would be «consequences» for the strike on Syria, and that a «pre-designed scenario» was underway.

The London Fire Brigade say they have already removed 27 fire engines from service in preparation for the strike.

«However, President Trump has no legal basis for this strike.

Speaking as the union meets in Brighton for its annual conference, and a day after delegates voted to ballot a quarter of a million civil and public servants for a strike over cuts to jobs, pensions and pay, Mark said:

«It is absolute nonsense to suggest that these individuals were dismissed unfairly due to their union activities and it is disgraceful that the RMT leadership has chosen to ballot for strike action when both cases are still going through the employment tribunal process,» a Transport for London spokesperson said.

Acas members are by their nature conciliators but they have been pushed to vote for strike action by the failure of management to deal with their genuine concerns.

«When workers jump through the draconian hurdles required for their vote for strike action to be lawful employers can ignore the will of their own workers,» he said.

There's no justification for the strike.

Following a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee yesterday, a Downing Street spokesperson said: «The meeting reiterated that this is an industrial dispute and that there is no justification for a strike.

«It is disappointing that, once again, some union leaders have pushed for strike action that will achieve nothing and benefit no one.

He said: «When workers jump through draconian hurdles for their vote for strike action to be lawful, the employers can then ignore the will of their own workers.

Sajid has wasted no time trying to make a name for himself, straightaway taking on the unions with his proposals for strike ballot laws, something his LibDem predecessor Vince Cable always rejected.

No 10 said the Tories would consider other ways to make it harder for trade unions to secure agreement for strike action, including «timings of ballots».

With the protests in Turkey seeming set to continue despite Sunday's clearing of Gezi Park (major trade unions have called for a strike on Monday), let's look at a trend that a new friend (a Turkish national) pointed out a few days back.

Its officials say that it would be disingenuous to ballot for strike action before talks have been completed.

Early polls suggested that there was a surprising level of public support for the strike, with a Channel 4 poll showing 77 % backed the action and 23 % opposed it.

To prepare for the strike, which would start at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and scores of other health facilities, banks, corporations and employers across the city are setting their contingency plans in motion.

Secondly, the issues for the strike are seen as «work» and «pay».

«They're speaking loud and clear that they want a fair and just contract,» said Loza, who would not say when the earliest possible date for a strike could be.

Walcott delightfully assisted van Persie for his strike against Borussia Dortmund.

Fact is, though, there were times during his deadly double act with a certain Luis Suarez where he often flourished from out wide, cutting inside with late runs or laying balls on a plate for his strike partner.

The president of the Italian Professional Footballers» Association (AIC), Damiano Tommasi, says he has been flooded with calls from fans asking him to ballot for a strike in Serie A out of protest at Italian FA (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio's refusal to resign.