Sentence examples for long-time labor from inspiring English sources

BOLLON--Vincent J. Washington, D.C. Long-time labor leader and former New York City fire fighter and fire officer Vincent J. Bollon, 77, passed away March 28 at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia.

A long-time labor lawyer and activist, he represented Teamsters Local 812, Locals 312 and 371 of UFCW, as well as locals of the TWU and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, among many others.

But the two men whose names are being bandied about as the most likely ambassadors to Washington are Bob Carr, a long-time Labor politician who is a student of American presidents, and Kim Beazley, a former defense minister and a leader of the Labor Party who is a Civil War buff.

A long-time labor leader, Walsh gained the support from unions and key community and minority activists to win with 52percentt of the vote.

In the Gingrich sweep of 1994, long-time labor, environmental, and other progressive activists were so angered by NAFTA that they refused to knock on doors, make phone calls, donate to campaigns, or do any of the kinds of things they usually did to get to get Democrats elected.

The Nation magazine mourns the loss of David Dufff" Dretzin, our long time labor lawyer and a remarkable, generous man.

"For a long time labor was a little bit resistant to change in a lot of ways, they blamed a decline in membership on a lot of things: globalization, employer resistance, hostile politicians.

With his comments, Donohue -- a long-time foe of labor unions in both the private and public sector -- underscored the extent to which debate over labor policy has shifted from the federal to the state level.

In addition to endorsing the more expeditious "card check" method of setting up unions, which is a long-time demand of the labor movement, the report called for automatic government arbitration in instances when employers refuse to bargain collectively with newly formed unions, as well as the mandatory establishment of works councils, before which workers' grievances could be heard.

"They are coordinated attacks led by national labor unions against long-time industry foes".

It was enough to get me rocking and laughing at one of my favorite clue/entry pairings in a long time: a "labor leader's cry" might be "PUSH!" and if you're like me, the response is likely to be to grab the labor leader by the collar and shriek "Shut up!