Sentences with phrase «led picket lines»
Campbell led picket lines in the 1984 — 85 miners» strike and was arrested twice.
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[234][235][236] That same month he came under criticism from sectors of the left for urging RMT members to cross picket lines in a proposed Underground strike because the latest offer had been «extremely generous», leading RMT general secretary Bob Crow to step down as a TfL board member.
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.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — «No Country for Old Men» and «There Will Be Blood» led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day - Lewis and Javier Bardem — but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers» picket lines to attend the ceremony.
The last video stages a picket line, precisely where Taiwanese in reality had acted as strikebreakers in a British - led protest against globalization.