Sentence examples for dire labour from inspiring English sources

Every few months, the news is filled with another scandal about dire labour conditions.

A steady stream of volunteers seem aware that if they bring out the Tory vote – 34 percent in 2010 – that could be enough to see off the SNP surge fed by a massive swing away from Moore, and a dire Labour vote close to 2 percent,  the lowest in Scotland.

But it is well understood that the GSP was withdrawn in order to demonstrate America's persistent frustration with over the sector's dire labour conditions and the fatality rate among its workers.Ready-made garments make up 90% of the total value of Bangladeshi exports to America, which amounts to about $5 billion a year.

"Although the dire labour productivity figures might not feature too high in political rhetoric and voter concerns during the general election campaign, how to boost productivity is ultimately the most important economic question now facing UK policymakers, business leaders and workers".

Results of the local elections looked dire for Labour as they were announced on Friday.

10.11am: I haven't focused very much on the local election results yet, but apparently they are dire for Labour.

As well as providing a necessary distraction from the results of the local elections, which Mr Blair was expecting to be dire for Labour, it is his last chance to show that the government is still capable of renewal under his leadership.

He understood the dire predicament of Labour in the early 1980s, and identified the need to regroup rather than constantly look for fresh battles to lose.

For all the chorus of sceptics and Miliband's dire personal polling, Labour could clearly still be propelled into government next year on the back of falling living standards and revulsion at Cameron's Tories.

The spat ignored the fact that several EU states are in dire need of manual labour.

Labour's dire poll ratings are the elephant in the room.