Sentence examples for labor sought from inspiring English sources

Though Labor sought amendments to elements of the deal, to say it opposed it is a complete fiction.

Labor sought to justify its new position by saying the government would have had to refund the money it had already collected to the big oil companies if the Senate struck down the legislation.

Labor sought to intensify pressure on the prime minister on Monday, seizing on revelations the immigration minister had described the Sunday Telegraph's political editor, Samantha Maiden, as "a mad fucking witch".

The donations issue was the most significant revelation from the first day of the questioning of Shorten, which took place in Sydney on Wednesday – although Labor sought to insulate him from political fallout by pointing to previous examples of Coalition figures, including Tony Abbott, being forced to correct omissions from their pecuniary interest registers or repay expenses.

A rapid increase in costs was fueled by the release of price controls on most items, and labor sought wage increases.

Some participants believed that when pregnant women in labor sought early medical attention, chances of getting obstetric fistula would be greatly reduced.

But once established, it became a bargaining chip for labor seeking untaxed benefits instead of pay increases.

"If the business community is really serious," says Mr. Reich, "it should combine the China trade deal with legislation that would give labor a ban on the permanent replacement of striking workers, something labor has sought for years, and it would also treble the fines against any company that illegally fires workers for trying to form unions.

Under Trumka, labor has sought to extend its power by alliances, cooperating with African-American groups, immigrant groups, environmental groups and others as well as car wash workers and day laborers seeking to organizers.

Nevertheless, because they play an important role in the physiological characteristics of labor and have been previously demonstrated to be up-regulated in the myometrium during labor, we sought to confirm whether they are regulated by PROK1.

Organized labor had sought to transform this dispute into a crusade to protect health plans.