Sentences with phrase «sector labor movement»

The public - sector labor movement took hold in the second half of the 20th century when, in the face of poor working conditions and low wages, unions began lobbying for collective bargaining rights.

«I would advise Councilman Barron to spend a bit more time learning about who makes up the private sector labor movement, before he attacks the very people who live in his community and every community throughout this great state.»

The divergence from Europe is mostly due to the post-1970 decline of the private sector labor movement in the U.S. and not to the lack of one in the first place in the U.S.

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There absolutely was a trade - union and labor movement in the U.S. from 1890 to 1950, including about 34 % of private sector workers in the late 1940s.

Even as the labor movement has faltered around the country, it remains strong in New York, which has the highest private and public - sector union membership of any state.

«This is a defining moment for the labor movement as it demonstrates what can be accomplished when we all work together, from the public sector, private sector and building trades unions, to the Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations,» said AFL - CIO President Mario Cillabor movement as it demonstrates what can be accomplished when we all work together, from the public sector, private sector and building trades unions, to the Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations,» said AFL - CIO President Mario CilLabor Councils and Area Labor Federations,» said AFL - CIO President Mario CilLabor Federations,» said AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.

Cuomo, who in his first term had a decidedly strained relationship with public - sector labor groups who represent state employees as well as teachers, said there's an «anti-union movement» afoot in the coutnry.

Cuomo, who has faced criticism from public - sector unions, basked in the praise of private - sector labor allies with whom he has had a much closer relationship, and which have led a national movement for a $ 15 minimum wage.

It is no accident that the American labor movement has been kept afloat by the success of public - sector unions - and that the largest, most powerful union in the country is not the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers, but the National Education Association.

This specific attack aims at public sector unions, the last high - density stronghold of the labor movement.