Sentence examples for labor to secure from inspiring English sources

Here comes irony, the reader dares to hope, only to have that hope crushed under a pile of pleasantries: Sufiya is a poet, an activist, a wonderful hostess; people "labor to secure invitations to her open house" but "do not have to labor hard" because Sufiya, being permanently good-hearted, "likes to meet new people, of every sort".

Murphy, who ran uncontested the last two cycles, aligned himself enough with organized labor to secure the endorsement of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO in 2016.

Since winning the Democratic nomination, Mr. Obama's campaign has labored to secure his standing here.

A 2,600-member tribe based in Mashpee, Massachusetts, has been laboring to secure a permanent homeland since before the Revolutionary War, but unless Congress enacts legislation to secure the reservation, or an appellate court reverses a US district court's decision, the Mashpee will once again be virtually homeless.

Union leaders recognised this, and entered into the Accord with Bob Hawke's Labor government to secure an increased "social wage" (like Medicare) in return for wage restraint.

In a forthcoming book with Jared Bernstein we show that the ability of the bottom half of the labor force to secure wage gains depends hugely on the level of unemployment.

Labor is projected to secure fewer than fifteen seats in the next election, a thorough humiliation.

"Moving too quickly toward implementation could jeopardize future improvements for Colombian workers, undercutting efforts to secure labor and other human rights and harming the workers of both countries".

When organizations look to overseas labor as a way to secure cheap production costs, the negative effect on sustainability is often high.

It pledges to reduce the budget deficit by half in four years, to raise the minimum wage, to secure labor and environmental standards in all trade agreements and to expand the number of jobs at home while limiting those that American companies have overseas.

These unadjusted figures imply that foreign-born workers may have more difficulties adapting to the labor market when unable to secure a close match.