Sentence examples for lasting labor from inspiring English sources

And I would look for some larger reconciliation with the players that would give them a bigger share of the pie in exchange for a lasting labor peace.

Frances Perkins, F.D.R.'s Secretary of Labor, and the first female member of a Presidential cabinet, was a key architect of the New Deal, guiding F.D.R. to enact some of his most lasting labor legislation — Social Security, unemployment compensation, minimum wage, child labor laws, and the forty-hour workweek.

After the players and the owners negotiated two consecutive collective bargaining agreements without provoking a strike or a lockout — they had engaged in five strikes and three lockouts in eight previous negotiations — the belief prevailed that the two sides had made lasting labor peace.

The NFL salary cap is up 53% over the past decade to $167 million thanks to rising revenues, largely from TV (the percentage gain would have been more if not for the NFL owners decisive win in the last labor deal; the average team earned a profit of $101 million last year).

It's no secret that the last labor talks hurt almost everyone they touched.

As players discovered during the last labor dispute with N.B.A. owners, starting well is one thing.

This is also probably Hunter's last labor deal; he turns 69 on Saturday.

The last labor dispute to shut down baseball came in August 1994.

The last Labor government re-opened the Manus Island detention centre in November 2012.

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They have been seeking a 53 percent share, down from the 57 percent they earned under the last labor deal.