Sentence examples for defending workers from inspiring English sources

He told me that his interest in defending workers against abuse came from his own experiences.

Called "duties of fair representation", these are things like filing grievances and defending workers who are fired or disciplined.

Jerry Wang was one of several waiters fired in October after defending workers that he said Bei Lin planned to fire because they were too old.

"You have a general diminution of union leadership that was focused on defending workers by any means necessary," said Jerry Tucker, a longtime U.A.W. militant.

He made his first big money defending workers at the shipyard in Pascagoula who had fallen fatally ill after being exposed to asbestos fibers.

The fact that few people know what these fees are works in the favor of conservative groups which have been pushing anti-union legislation and lawsuits under the guise of defending workers against "compulsory union membership".

"If the trade union federation remains simply a political tool and doesn't play a more positive role in defending worker interests, then it will be increasingly difficult to defend its exclusive status," said a Chinese scholar of labor affairs who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Unions sprang up to defend workers' rights, and "muckraking" journalists detailed corporate abuses.

Do they defend workers' interests or only advance a political agenda?

"The competitive advantage should be that it defends workers' rights, and freedom of association, and living wages".

Active from 1976 to 1981, it clandestinely produced uncensored newspapers, provided financial and legal aid to fired workers, and tirelessly advocated for truly independent unions that could defend workers' rights.