Sentence examples for in support of workers from inspiring English sources
For example, you could no longer strike in support of workers in another industry, enterprise or union.
The conciliation service was called in after around 3,000 workers at oil and power plants across the UK staged unofficial strikes in support of workers at the Lindsey refinery at North Killingholme.
In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886).
In dozens of countries around the world, however, May Day has been recognized as a public holiday, and it continues to be celebrated with picnics and parties while serving as the occasion for demonstrations and rallies in support of workers.
In the middle of 2013, two public protests were organised in Croatia, a country in deep economic crisis, with high unemployment and a deep sense of despair: trade unions tried to organise a rally in support of workers' rights, while rightwing nationalists started a protest movement against the use of cyrillic letters on public buildings in cities with a Serb minority.
Since it is European law that they are interpreting, their conclusions will have some resonance across the continent.The latest case concerns a radical trade unionist who was dismissed after irking his bosses, and the leaders of the Labour Party, by helping stage a picket outside the House of Commons in support of workers in the building.
She wrote articles in support of worker's rights and over time, became more radical (later in her life she was labeled an anarchist).
Steve Gibson, Middlesbrough's chairman, is an ardent supporter of the local area's industry and has also spoken out in support of the workers' plight in recent weeks.
Dr. King had been in Memphis marching in support of sanitation workers.
