Sentences with phrase «long labor strike»

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Members of New York's congressional delegation issued a warning about a potential Long Island Rail Road strike: Don't rely on Congress to resolve the labor dispute.

Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican who represents Nassau County, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon to take an active role in the negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its labor union in order to avoid a strike on the Long Island Rail Road.

The LIRR unions» chief negotiator says he wants to make a deal with the MTA that would delay a possible July strike until after Labor Day, sparing Long Island's summer tourism business and buying more time to negotiate a contract settlement.

That union's leader, Debora M. Hayes, who has a long history as a labor and strike leader, was recognized as the area's labor activist of the year.

Like other labor disputes in recent years, the LIRR dispute sets up nicely for Cuomo — as long as there is not a crippling strike, analysts said.

In addition, the resolution of this episode before disaster struck is likely to further entrench the current system of gladiatorial combat between management and labor, which, in turn, increases long - term instability in the education sector in at least two ways.

In a filing to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, CPS repeats its long - held argument that Friday's walkout by the Chicago Teachers Union is illegal because it doesn't follow the state law governing teacher strikes.

«Travel Guard offers coverage for trip cancellation and interruption if a trip is delayed, cancelled or interrupted due to a sanctioned union labor strike for an airline or other travel supplier, as long as the coverage effective date is prior to when the strike is foreseeable.»

Your travel insurance may cover you if your trip is affected by a labor strike, but only if you buy your policy at the right time and if the strike lasts long enough.

Many travel insurance policies offer coverage for trip cancellation and interruption if a trip is delayed, cancelled or interrupted due to a sanctioned union labor strike for an airline or other travel supplier, as long as the coverage effective date is prior to when the strike is foreseeable.

Because of the long hours, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, and poor treatment by management, labor unions organized and workers began holding strikes and protest rallies.