Sentence examples for contract ratification from inspiring English sources

That helped lead to a large-scale investigation, indictments and disclosures of fraud in a contract ratification vote.

Contract ratification voting is expected to begin on Wednesday and finish Nov. 12, the U.A.W.'s president, Ron Gettelfinger, said.

And in July, two top former officials were convicted of helping rig a 1995 contract ratification vote.

The union, eager to spread out the extra time so that no one day would be considerably longer, agreed to the change in a contract ratification in October.

In the late 90's, the council was rocked by scandal, with more than 20 union officials convicted of embezzlement or rigging a contract ratification vote.

Two top former officials of District Council 37 were convicted yesterday of helping rig the 1995 contract ratification vote at the giant union of municipal workers.

The contract ratifications also mean there will be no labor opposition to its plans for a low-cost airline, a project that has the working name Starfish.

In the vote that ended yesterday, about two-thirds of the union's members voted, slightly higher than the roughly 60percentthatat voted in the last two contract ratifications, in 1999 and 2002.

Since 1998, more than 20 council officials have been convicted of either rigging a contract-ratification vote or embezzling union money, with the leaders of the two largest locals found guilty of stealing more than $1 million each.

The contract requires ratification by the union's 2,400 members.

The contract still requires ratification by the union's 26,000 members.