Sentence examples for labour demonstrations from inspiring English sources

In 1913 Dublin industrialists instituted a lockout against members of the union, and the resulting labour demonstrations were brutally suppressed.

In 1900 he joined the political underground, fomenting labour demonstrations and strikes in the main industrial centres of the Caucasus, but his excessive zeal in pushing duped workers into bloody clashes with the police antagonized his fellow conspirators.

Despite organised-labour demonstrations that unfolded on the steps of the US Capitol during the late '70s, the fuel-efficient Japanese "econoboxes" sold in the millions of units.

Even during the first world war, when protest was punishable by imprisonment and hard labour, May Day demonstrations were often flashpoints of anti-war struggle.

There's no way this would have happened in 2010, when Labour regarded student demonstrations with the sort of awkward embarrassment a parent feels toward their sulky teenager.

There's no way this would have happened in 2010, when Labour regarded student demonstrations with the sort of awkward embarrassment a parent feels towards their sulky teenager.

National debt reduction strategies and new austerity measures are publicly, and often abruptly, announced and then followed by large demonstrations, labour strikes, riots and police actions.

Mass antigovernment demonstrations and labour disputes ensued in Phomn Penh for the remainder of the year.

Critics say: It's gagging free speech Labour says: Since August 157 demonstrations have been held.

The square has a long history of political demonstrations and labour rallies.

The union leader who has spearheaded strikes, blockades and demonstrations against labour law changes in France has vowed to keep up the protests until the government suspends the measures and agrees to talks.