Sentence examples for granted workers from inspiring English sources

The union's most recent contract, which granted workers raises of 11 percent over three years, is still in litigation with the authority.

The 11 consecutive days off are thought to represent the longest year-end holiday ever for agency employees, evocative of the lengthy vacations typically granted workers by the Detroit automakers.

Local 1360 has been trying to negotiate its first contract since the National Labor Relations Board granted workers bargaining unit status in 1998, said Warren J. Borish, the union's lawyer.

But LTV's costs are sure to be lower than most other integrated producers'.W.L. Ross will be relieved of LTV's "legacy costs"—the ruinous health-care and pension benefits that steel-industry bosses granted workers in the 1980s and 1990s in exchange for wage cuts.

Most city spending is devoted to wages, salaries, health care and pensions — expenses that have surged in the last decade, as Mr. Bloomberg has granted workers big raises, and the value of pension investments has plunged, requiring the city to contribute money to cover any shortfalls.

Drivers are arguing they should be granted "worker status" which would entitled them to holiday pay and maternity leave.

The cinema bosses seemed to give in, granting workers their modest demand.

Fortunately, there is a powerful fiscal tool that could address both problems: Congress could grant workers a temporary holiday from the forced savings program known as Social Security.

The 35-hour limit can be got around by granting workers extra holidays or pay, but it still affects the attitude to work.

In his second term, the mayor signed unusually long labor contracts, many granting workers a 4 percent-a-year pay increase over four consecutive years.

Supporters of such a limit on unions, which is already the law in many in Southern and Western states, say it grants workers freedom and attracts new businesses to the state.