Sentence examples for labor blocks from inspiring English sources

It is understood Shorten will recommend Labor blocks the plebiscite.

On Monday the Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman told Guardian Australia "there is no plan B" if Labor blocks the plebiscite.

If Labor blocks the plebiscite, the government can run a plebiscite without legislation, but participation would be voluntary.

If Labor blocks the plebiscite the options to legalise same-sex marriage are few: the government could seek to amend its plebiscite proposal to win support, or the Coalition party room could consider allowing a free vote on legislation.

The Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team have already said they will block plebiscite-enabling legislation, meaning, if Labor blocks it, the compulsory popular vote on same-sex marriage will not occur.

For labor, blocking P.N.T.R. would be a demonstration of clout -- even though the trade arithmetic suggests that union members as a group would if anything benefit from China's offered concessions.

Both oppose the efforts of organized labor to block free trade.

In addition, labor has blocked, for three years running, Congress's efforts to make it easier for the administration to negotiate extending the North American Free Trade Agreement to other countries.

The protest movement snowballed into a nationwide campaign of civil resistance, with citizens going on labor strike, blocking roads, and shutting down public transport.

Asked about reports that some American labor groups had blocked bridge shipments from arriving in Oakland, Mr. Anziano dismissed those as confused.

The government sold stakes in airports and in Krung Thai, but labor unions have blocked efforts to sell part of the state-owned power utility, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.