Sentences with phrase «work stoppage called»
First some of them deleted their accounts when the ride - hailing company did not honor a one - hour work stoppage called by New York cabbies at John F. Kennedy International Airport to protest Pres. Trump's controversial immigration order.
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Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a work - stoppage called by a cab - driver group.
BREAKING: NYTWA drivers call for one hour work stoppage @ JFK airport today 6 PM to 7 PM to protest #muslimban!
Critics swiftly accused the ridesharing company of attempting to undermine or profit from a work stoppage by taxi drivers that had been called by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an AFL - CIO affiliate that represents many immigrants, and whose work has been largely focused on stopping the encroachment of ride - hailing companies like Uber.
Compensable work stoppages that qualify as brief personal breaks include smoke breaks, coffee breaks, breaks to make calls and receive visitors and, yes, bathroom breaks, too.
The New York Giants call a half - hour work stoppage before an exhibition with the Miami Dolphins but are persuaded to call it off by an array of speakers, among them the coach and quarterback of the Dolphins.
Reporters are staking out the following locations in the Capitol this morning: The Senate GOP conference, the governor's office on the Capitol's second floor, and a Senate Democrats» press conference at which minority members are decrying the so - called «work stoppage» by the Republicans.
Police commissioner Bill Bratton for the first time called the recent decrease in the number of arrests and summonses by city officers «a pretty widespread work stoppage,» in an interview on NPR's «All Thing Considered.»
Though environmentalists were cautious about celebrating, expressing concerns that the work stoppage might just be a temporary political move, key activist Yevgenia Chirikova called the president's decision a victory for civil society.