Sentence examples for lead unions from inspiring English sources

The European bank is eager to head off so-called second-round effects, in which rising energy and food prices lead unions to demand substantially higher wage deals.

The Court's theory seems to be that a union, fearing punitive damages, might become more vigilant in processing workers' grievances; that this vigilance might lead unions to process frivolous grievances; that this frivolity might antagonize the employer; and that this antagonism might beget disharmony at the bargaining table.

Last-minute discussions resumed yesterday as city officials met with representatives of the two lead unions in the negotiations, the 140,000-member District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the 12,000-member Local 237 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Several music professors were lead union organizers on campus, on the bargaining team for the first GW contract with SEIU.

Negotiators sealed the deal with a handshake and a promise to try to put the strike behind them, Robert Oakley, the lead union negotiator, said.

Terry Pullinger was the lead union rep on the dispute that took two years to resolve.

Industrial defeats led unions to turn to politics with greater urgency than before.

But bosses reiterated their determination to force through changes that have led unions to strike.

It has also led unions to accept reductions in benefits and changes in work rules.

A main purpose of the trade union was to maintain a minimum rate of pay for its members, a purpose that led unions to extend or delimit both their membership and the number of employers with whom they bargained.

He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas (1864 65).