Sentence examples for blow workers from inspiring English sources
To cushion the blow, workers say, they were promised that their salaries would be restored if they returned to their government jobs.
American data from the 1980s and 1990s, and more recent research in Germany, show a correlation between foreign direct investment, outsourcing and lower union-wage premiums.The shift from manufacturing to services is another blow: workers who have honed a specific welding technique have more bargaining power than generalist computer programmers or hotel cleaners.
The double blow stunned workers.
Meanwhile, smaller, legacy light-bulb producers could remain, cushioning the blow to workers and meeting consumer demand.
This was a blow to workers in the remaining part Yanshan's power station, schools, hospitals, and so on.
The secretary of AWU Queensland, Ben Swan, said it was a "devastating" blow for workers after a "horrible saga" that had dragged on for months.
When the company was broken up in 1984, he negotiated a contract that softened the blow to workers by providing better severance payments and money for job retraining.
The closure of five of Wales' seven Remploy factories is a "hammer blow" for workers, says the Welsh government.
Yet that proved to be a double blow for workers, whose 401(k) pension plans are the biggest holders of Ford stock.
Fords shares tumbled 11% in Friday afternoon trading, dealing a second blow to workers, whose 401(k) pension plans are the biggest holders of Ford stock.
Mick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, said BP's announcement was a "devastating blow" to workers and said he had been warned there was "much worse to come".
