Sentence examples for active union from inspiring English sources
Mr. Stern has led the nation's most politically active union, with 1.9 million members, since 1996.
The primary advocates for and leaders of these reforms are active union members.
Samela is considered an active union member as long as he is appealing the termination and can possibly be recalled to his job.
The state's largest and most politically active union, the California Labor Federation, A.F.L.-C.I.O., has steadfastly opposed the recall and refused to consider endorsing any candidate.
The complaint, filed Monday, said the guilds urged members to shun the writers because they dropped active union membership during their recent strike.
Torre, an active union member when he played, also said he would like to have seen some candidates make it, Miller first and foremost.
endorsed Mr. Gephardt without the auto workers and state, county and municipal workers joining in, because they are the most influential, politically active unions in Iowa.
Hurting his chances, several union presidents say, is that three of the nation's largest and most politically active unions -- the state, county and municipal employees, the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Teachers -- appear unlikely to endorse Mr. Gephardt any time soon.
He has hired a new campaign manager, David E. Bonior, former Democratic representative of Michigan and an unreconstructed pro-labor liberal, and is hoping for organizational help, if not endorsements, from politically active unions.
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. plans to spend about $50 million in this year's campaign, while the Service Employees International Union, one of the most politically active unions, plans to spend $44 million, including $14 million already spent on advertisements.
Such a campaign would be the first real test for Mr. Rivera as he makes the transition to a new post as national chief of health care workers within the service employees' union, one of the nation's largest and most politically active unions.
