Sentence examples for Basic workers from inspiring English sources

Cable said ministers were attempting to "undermine basic workers' rights".

At the same time, the Clinton administration has been giving the agency significant financing for its campaigns against child labor and for basic workers' rights.

To drum up opposition to Ms. Chavez, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is distributing copies of her writings, which, union leaders say, often take a contemptuous or extreme stance on basic workers rights.

"It's insulting to America's working men and women to have someone who has been such an opponent over the past 20 years of basic workers' rights in some of her areas of responsibility".

We are calling for the UN to offer paid internships, not only as a basic workers' rights issue, but to ensure that people from developing countries and poorer backgrounds are able to afford these opportunities.

"This would be good news if the new law fully met international standards, but the sad reality is that the government has consciously limited basic workers' rights while exposing workers to continued risks and exploitation".

Third, companies and others should call on regulators to ensure employment legislation endorses basic worker rights rather than undermine them.

My personal experience of zero-hours contracts suggests that a "flexible jobs market" has come at the expense of basic worker rights, basic human dignity and fair remuneration.

If implemented, however, such basic worker protections would seem to constitute a hopeful sign for American workers, given a world economy characterized by rampant worker exploitation in China and elsewhere.

"When we have these union partners all over the world, and they see you violating basic worker rights in the U.S., that hurts your relationships in all those places, and it hurts your brand image".

"Deliveroo riders should be entitled to basic worker rights as well as to the ability to be represented by trade unions to negotiate pay and terms and conditions".