Sentences with phrase «jobs as a concession»

Pedicab drivers, for their part, held a protest at City Hall accusing de Blasio of sacrificing them and their jobs as a concession to carriage drivers in his effort to deliver on a campaign promise to a group that helped bankroll an attack campaign against one of his rivals in the mayoral race.

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Google said on Monday it had done a good job coming up with concessions to allay EU antitrust concerns it blocks competitors in web search results, as it sought to deflect criticism the proposals would serve only to reinforce its dominance.

Officials of the Communications Workers of America, with 39,000 members, said they are fighting to keep Verizon from gaining concessions which would allow the company to transfer employees at will, move jobs oversees and require workers to commute as far away as a 100 miles daily.

Connecticut state employees could receive four years of full job security if they agree to concessions such as a two - year wage freeze, three furlough days and higher insurance premiums and pension contributions.

That concession was made in 2011 following a six - day strike — the first by government lawyers in Canadian history — in which both Quebec lawyers» unions walked off the job in protest over their wages, which were as much as 40 - per - cent lower than what provincial lawyers earned in neighbouring barometer - province Ontario.