Sentences with phrase «many picket lines»

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 board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.

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.

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

Good luck crossing that picket line.

I think it's safe to say that pro-choice and pro-LGBT people are so incredibly hostile towards religious groups is because you don't see LGBT or Pro-choice people standing out in a picket line in front of churches like you would church groups in front of abortion clinics or gay parades.

Creating a culture of life isn't just about standing in a picket line with a «Choose Life» sign.

Really, what we want is people to guard the picket line of acceptability.

To gain entrance to a corporation head and insist on discussing his workers» plight with him is much more difficult than to march in a picket line, for it requires much more in the way of intelligence, ability, precise information, and strength of soul.

They were looked upon as a threat to the law of competition; therefore, the bosses hired detectives, ex-convicts, and thugs to attack the picket lines and to open the lines for production.

Ecklund reveals how scientists — believers and skeptics alike — are struggling to engage the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and argues that many scientists are searching for «boundary pioneers» to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.

The power relationship between students and teachers was not as stark as that between workers and management, and so some students did raise their hands in class to argue that no one should cross the picket line.

What happens at the picket line happens in seminaries and pastors» studies.

Christians follow a ladder shaker of the highest order, whose word reaches us not just from the yellowed notes that become sound in a lecture hall they have graced before, but from the anger of the picket lines where struggle is no stranger; nor should it be, in a world that has not yet been fully redeemed.

For teachers and students, and for the graduate student teaching assistants who were organizing as well, the issue was whether, in the event of a strike, classes should be moved off campus, so that no one would be crossing a picket line.

Evangelical Protestants — historically the most anti-Catholic sector of the American Church — meet vibrantly faithful Catholics on the pro-life picket line, while Catholics realize that their best allies for upholding the definition of marriage happen to be Evangelicals.

A heroine of the pro-life cause, she is on the picket lines in front of the abortuaries, running the phone lines to get out the vote, and doing many other good things.

FFA chairman David Handley, who was on the picket line at Bridgwater plant, told DairyReporter.com that more protests are likely tonight if today's talks are not successful.

The picket line remains there this afternoon, and no trucks have been into or out of the centre since Monday.

Body on the line... A worker jumps in front of a truck in a bid to stop it crossing the picket line at Somerton yesterday.

Condie sees the importance of having white people on the picket lines.

Everybody knows he is the OSU offense, nobody has been able to do anything about it, not with zones, chasers or even picket lines outside the gymnasium.

At Wyoming the Black Student Alliance said it would set up picket lines at the San Jose game.

They look like women standing united against something to me - like a picket line.

Most days I clip a collar on them and tie them to a picket line which I can place just about anywhere and they will graze to their hearts content.

The Chicago Park District, which manages the concerts, dropped an alternate program for Saturday and Sunday nights that would have excluded the chorus after members of the orchestra declined to cross picket lines at a rehearsal site.

Outside parliament, Labour MPs rallied at a picket line to back workers who have refused to work in the Palace of Westminster.

Either way, the longer the dispute goes on, the harder it will be to keep Jeremy Corbyn and his allies away from picket lines.

«I think Cameron needs to get into the real world, get out of his mansion house in Oxfordshire and see some real people on a picket line.»

NHS workers on the picket line warn of future disruption to make their point on pay #NHSstrike http://t.co/UQMSd5TKbb pic.twitter.com/etUOei 7AGb

Strike action was solid across 17 London bus operators, as Unite members mounted picket lines across the capital bringing buses to a standstill and causing widespread disruption.

The latest to take a turn on the picket line in Williamson, Wayne County was AG contender Sean Coffey, who showed up in a suit and tie.

Last night a group of students occupied a university meeting room in support of the strike and UVW says that a number of LSE lecturers have been down to speak on the picket line.

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.

In addition to voting to authorize a dues increase in 2014 members also pledged a total of 249,568 hours of their free time to support the Union by attending rallies, picket lines, political events, and other important activities.

Our organizing team and business agents tirelessly maintained a daily picket line in front of the hotel.

«Tomorrow, as thousands of public sector workers learn their fates, the one - man scourge of the Tories will not be on a demo, or a picket line, or even in a TV studio.

Harman married Jack Dromey in 1982 in Brent, London, after meeting him on the picket line of the Grunwick dispute in 1977; she was legal advisor to the Grunwick Strike Committee.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will be the next Albany politician to visit the Momentive chemical plant — where 700 striking workers have been manning a picket line for over three months.

Shortly afterwards, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association announced that «we will not call for barristers to forgo work in opposition to the scheme», despite an internal survey finding 96 % of criminal law specialist barristers supported setting up picket lines.

There are two public defenders offices in the area and some are scared they will metaphorically cross the metaphorical picket line.

Katie Cusack spent time on the picket line and with the families of the workers impacted by the long strike that garnered national attention and stoked concerns about environmental safety.

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.

Ed Halse walks the picket line outside the Momentive Performance Materials plant in Waterford, NY.

«Jeff Klein is a leader that has always been there for the Teamsters, whether we needed him fighting for workers in Albany or standing with us on the picket line,» said Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda.

The Mail on Sunday splashes on the decision of Sarah Montague and Evan Davies to cross picket lines and ensure yesterday's Today programme was broadcast:

Making it a criminal offence for seven people to be on a picket line is a waste of police time and not something you would expect in a country with a proud tradition of liberty.

It is understood that they managed to avoid crossing a picket line by arriving at 3.30 am — before striking colleagues had arrived.

On Wednesday, healthcare workers will form picket lines around the city's major hospitals.

One of the Labour councillors, Cllr Aaron Kiely spent his day in picket lines despite being a student.