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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a common grievance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a shared complaint or issue that many people experience or express dissatisfaction about.
Example: "The workers united to address a common grievance regarding their wages and working conditions."
Alternatives: "a shared complaint" or "a frequent issue".
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By allowing individuals with a common grievance to share costs, they make the law more affordable for the little guy.
The case claimed that women were discriminated against in pay and promotion, but the court ruled that the plaintiffs could not show a common grievance.
At present, if people have a common grievance they may be added to a court action, but only if they identify themselves from the outset and are prepared to leap through cumbersome legal hoops.
But these are not the core purpose of a university.In making his case, Mr Collini rejects the definition of Clark Kerr, the president of the University of California, who described a university as "a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over parking".
These waves of protest are unique in that they are uniting China's working and middle classes under a common grievance.
This is a common grievance with all democracies around the world with a few exceptions few and far between.
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A more common grievance, from agents, producers and artists, was that it was almost impossible to get in touch with Mr. Eustis at all.
Protests in rural China are a big source of social unrest these days, and the most common grievance centers on the seizure of land by corrupt government officials.
Hong Kong-based rights group China Labour Bulletin CLBB) said there were 2,774 strikes and labour protests across the country in 2015 – more than the previous four years put together – with unpaid wages the most common grievance.
But in rural communities desperately dependent upon water for their economic survival, the most common grievance against the missionaries was that they prevented the rains from falling - and in 1900 the rains failed throughout northern China.
Elsewhere, the violence has been more spontaneous, with diverse mobs finding common grievance in perceived Kikuyu arrogance and economic domination.Unfortunately, calls for peace by a multitude of Kenyan groups, including nearly all of the country's business and religious leaders, have been undermined by posturing.
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