Sentence examples for local strike from inspiring English sources

Years ago, there was a local strike by workers for the telephone company.

Seeking to explain the public's differing reaction to the two walkouts, Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., said: "The G.M. strike began as a local strike.

Trips to the circuit along the coast — especially from Nice — from Thursday to Saturday were a horrendous trial as a local strike took advantage of the disruption it could do to the race.

The punitive Taff Vale judgment (which made the railwaymen's union financially liable for financial damages arising from a local strike) only increased the need to have Labour MPs in parliament making laws to protect working people.

Italian comedy Si Accettano Miracoli – about a family who fabricate a religious miracle – is another No 1 local strike (19th worldwide) for director-star, Neapolitan comedian Alessandro Siani, after 2013's Il Principe Abusivo.

Still, Laferriere said, "The people of Louisiana are extremely passionate about their marsh, and they viewed the oil almost as nuclear waste: 'We want it picked up and removed now!' " Laferriere learned that the local strike teams were laying hundreds of thousands of feet of boom, in addition to the work being done from Houma.

Fracture orientations show a clear relationship to the local fold axis in both the outcrop and subsurface, although in some cases they appear to relate more to the present day in-situ maximum horizontal stress direction or local strike-slip faulting.

For 15 weeks, postal deliveries have been disrupted by a growing series of local strikes.

Meanwhile, local strikes have caused disruption: London was hit on October 14th.The stakes in this dispute are high.

The motion also declares support for local strikes in schools and colleges which may be faced by particularly severe cuts.

Until recently, G.M. has talked tough but backed down in the face of potentially crippling local strikes.