Sentence examples for demand a living from inspiring English sources

For the first time, this mega-sector that grosses $200 billion a year is under serious scrutiny, as increasingly emboldened employees across the country demand a living wage from immensely profitable corporations sensitive to their public image.

We demand a living wage," he said.

At dozens of colleges, groups sought to curb sweatshop manufacturing in the developing world and to demand a living wage for employees at home.

Over the past fortnight, she has become the public face of the United Voices of the World (UVW) trade union campaign to demand a living wage.

And because it is easy for these factories to cut and run, vanishing across national borders and abandoning workers, many people are hesitant to organize unions or demand a living wage.

Bathed in cheers and blinking in the unaccustomed sunlight, 26 student protesters emerged today from a Harvard University administration building where they had staged a three-week sit-in to demand a "living wage" for the university's lowest-paid workers.

On the other side, presidents of five of the city's largest labor unions recently sent letters to City Council members urging them to demand a living-wage pledge, while Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., visited the armory last month to offer his support.

Most recently there were protests demanding a living wage for the store's cleaners.

Workers at Sainsbury's have been demanding a living wage for over a year, and Pay Up is echoing that demand".

The upshot: Workers with nothing to lose are demanding a living wage of $15 an hour, and gaining strength and confidence.

Yet almost as soon as BBW took over in Bloomsbury it had to deal with a noisy bunch of migrant cleaners demanding a living wage, then better sick pay and holiday.