Sentences with phrase «strike most workers»

In a comment that will strike most workers as being very one step forward, two steps back, Vice - Chair Nyman then went on to note that:

However, in a comment that will strike most workers as being very one step forward, two steps back, Vice - Chair Nyman then went on to note that:

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Whether one looks at a Church of South India congregation in the «Harijan Wadi» of a village in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, or at a New Life Pentecostal congregation in the suburbs of Mumbai, whether one looks at a Syrian Orthodox community in Chungom, Kottayam, or at a Mizo Presbyterian Church in Mission Veng in Aizwal, whether one looks at the worshipers at the Indian mass celebrated at the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre in Bangalore, or at a newly set up Baptist congregation among former estate workers in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, one thing that would strike even the most impartial observer is the reality of hybridity, hybridity which manifests itself not only in things external, but very often in terms of attitudes, thought - processes and historical self - understanding within the overall identity discourse.

That's why, as with most strikes in the public sector, who backs down most will not depend on a direct conflict between workers and management as to who can inflict or sustain most pain; too many members of the public would be caught in the crossfire and both sides» reputations would suffer unacceptably.

Following a London - wide bus strike, the first in decades, and six days of negotiations, London bus workers have overwhelmingly voted to accept an offer of an Olympic award, meaning most workers will get # 577 for the massive increase in workload over the Olympics.

This demonstrates that most workers in the public sector do not want to lose a day's pay by striking but are being forced to do so by a minority in their union who have been wound up by the militant and ideologically - driven desires of union barons.

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

The recovery has moved slowly since Maria struck the US territory on September 20, leaving most of the island without basic services such as power and running water, according to residents, relief workers and local elected officials.

As an antidote to the worship of Graham - Streep, it ought to be remembered that one of the most notorious union - busting operations of the 1970s took place when the publisher set out to break the pressmen's union at the Post, provoking a strike in October 1975 that ended with mass firings and the frame - up of 15 workers on charges related to slightly damaged equipment in the printing plant.

The film — a character study about two road workers who bicker and banter with each other as they tediously paint road lines in a burned down Texas state park — is a notably weightier comedy than most Rudd vehicles (this isn't one), striking some beautiful, poignant notes along with the funny dialogue.

JOURNALS Ernest Callen bach reports from Poland, where the striking workers provided most of the excitement.

Among his most famous images are those documenting the 1968 sanitation workers» strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

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.

Most troublingly, 46 percent of drivers surveyed reported watching other drivers get too close to the construction zone, which places workers at risk of being struck.

Perhaps most significantly, the bill removed health - care workers» right to strike, forcing them into interest arbitration if they were unable to successfully negotiate to fruition.

This coverage does not include general strike scenarios where most of the workers of a county, city, province, or state cease working.

(MCT)-- The annual performance review strikes fear and loathing in the hearts of most workers, even those who believe they've worked well and hard.

First, having been a member of what I considered to be a militant (most seem to be militant in my estimation) trade union (United Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers of America, Local 46, Toronto) for approximately ten years, I would concur with you vis a vis your apparent assumption that said unions have worn out their societal usefulness, and now serve only the purposes of their membership, and to hell with the public interest economically speaking, not to mention the absolute chaos the actions of powerful public sector unions create when they cause their entire membership to go on strike, for eg., the Toronto garbage workers» strike, the Toronto transit workers» strike etc..