Sentences with phrase «leading striking workers»

She even appears drunk on television leading striking workers in an a capella version of Satisfaction, which has the opposite effect that it would in any world except that of a movie.

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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.

But in morning, despite the orders to the contrary, textile workers left their work in several factories and sent delegates to ask for support of the strike... which led to mass strike... all went out into the streets.

That all changed when newly formed workers» organization OUR Walmart led the first - ever strikes to hit multiple Walmart locations across the U.S.

Another common theme was that the union was manipulating the workers, leading them to strike when it was not in their best interest.

He composed it after a construction workers» strike led to a brief uprising against the Communist government on June 17, 1953.

A strike at Britain's leading chocolate maker Cadbury's, drew one step closer on Saturday 18 July as workers begin to vote on action against the company's broken pay promises.

The workers launched wildcat strikes which led to rubbish piling up on the streets and calls from party members for the resignation of Kitcat.

While explaining what led to the strike, workers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Service Employees, AUPCTRE CAC, adduced it to an imbalance in staff cost, industrial disharmony, huge salary disparity, among others.

Acciording to him, «This government came to power at the time civil servants were on strike; the issue that led to the strike was that of the salaries owed to the workers for many months.

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.

«Therefore, be prepared for worst because in the state broadcast to mark 57th independence anniversary, government has not seen any reason to open dialogue with organised labour over the catalogue of workers» demands that led to he ongoing strike action.

«The balance we have sought to strike is that it must not be too low, so that it doesn't affect the lowest paid workers, but not too high that it leads to massive job losses,» Ramaphosa told a news conference.

On 15 April 2015, thousands of fast food workers will lead a mass movement of around 60,000 low waged workers striking across the United States to raise the issue of poor wages and the lack of trade union rights within their industry.

Today's move by the Tory - led government, when all eyes are on Lords reform, will further inflame tensions ahead of two one - day strikes by Remploy workers on Thursday 19 July and Thursday 26 July.

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

«In Dubious Battle» is the story of the working class during the Depression, striking against an increasingly cruel establishment in ways that would lead to the formation of workers» rights, including a minimum wage.

The layoffs announced Monday by Chicago Public Schools — 62 workers, 17 of them teachers — were far milder than feared earlier in the school year, but the district's plan to end its longstanding practice of picking up pension costs for teachers led to a fresh strike threat from the Chicago Teachers Union.

Amid worsening economic conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, coal miners led some of the most dramatic protests as the state imposed martial law, with seven workers killed by strike - breaking police in a 1981 massacre at a Silesia mine.

San Diego Greenpeace workers are leading a strike against the global environmental activism giant, claiming that Greenpeace has provided them little in the way of job security, and has violated what they believe to be fair labor policies.

London's landmarks were used as storage for rubbish, because refuse collection workers went on strike, leading to an epidemic of rats.

This has led to several incidents in Illinois where a worker on the ground has been struck by swinging product and has been injured as a result.

The city went through some rough times that led to civil unrests during the Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915 and 1916, where Polish - American workers staged labor actions against Standard Oil of New Jersey and Tidewater Petroleum.