Sentences with phrase «joined picket lines»

The strikes had spread to the extent gravediggers had joined the picket lines leaving dead bodies waiting to be buried.

More than 36,000 Verizon employees have hung up and joined the picket lines, opting to go on strike on April 13 after unions for field service workers failed to reach an agreement with the company after a 10 months of negotiations between them and corporate telecommunications company led to a stalemate.

These supporters joined the picket lines to take a stand for a fairer and safer workplace.

Joining a picket line of the telecom company's striking workers, Sanders told them that Verizon is «just another major American corporation trying to destroy the lives of working Americans.»

A strike by refuse workers was opposed by the council leader while his deputy joined the picket line.

Even the most widely supported strike could therefore be broken before a single person has joined the picket line.

The protection of due process, assured the teachers that did stand up to register to vote, serve as plaintiffs in lawsuits, or join picket lines that their jobs were not easily compromised.

Not exact matches

Airport and fast - food workers are expected to be joined on picket lines by child care workers, home care workers and graduate assistants, who are among the estimated 64 million U.S. workers who earn less than $ 15 an hour.

They would rather their leadership continue to negotiate and wait until the more prominent Labour - affiliated Unions are ready to either settle or join them on the picket line.

During the week, striking assistants were frequently joined on their picket line by members of other unions, such as TWU, CWA, NYSNA and SEIU 1199, said Rosalie Ray, one of the grad student organizers.

As for unions, Tristram Hunt does part - time teaching without joining one and recently showed himself willing to cross a picket line of his colleagues at Queen Mary College.

While attending the same event as Ward and Barron on Saturday, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell told the audience that he and Jeremy Corbyn would join junior doctors on the picket line today.

I do not know what possessed these knuckleheads, but they actually asked black students like me who were already at the school to join them on the picket line.