Sentence examples for obstacles to workers from inspiring English sources

But besides denouncing the Employee Free Choice Act -- the bill that would remove many of the existing obstacles to workers exercising their right to join a union -- and Obama's rescue of the auto industry, which saved thousands of jobs, there isn't much else in her appeal that tells us what she and her friends would do to help "good blue-collar Americans" if they took power.

He also helped bring attention to companies' use of noncompete agreements with employees as a means of holding down wages, and to occupational licensing rules as an obstacle to workers seeking better-paying careers.

Advanced age and not low education—appears to be the primary obstacle to workers finding job satisfaction after being laid off because of market conditions.

The formation of this commission is a recognition that America's legacy of racism and racial injustice has been and continues to be a fundamental obstacle to workers' efforts to act together to build better lives for all of us.

NO2EU candidate John Foster said the EU had become an obstacle to worker rights, adding: "We're the only party who are putting a left, progressive case against the European Union - and the European Union is a body that represents the forces of big business, essentially".

But one solution that they and most others overlook is removing the obstacles to allowing workers to form labor unions of their choice.

He also signed a letter urging the department to scrap the proposal, saying it would "create serious obstacles to protecting workers from health hazards on the job".

Many labor leaders say it is the most flagrant example of how unions, after surmounting numerous obstacles to get workers to vote in a union, then face a hard time getting companies to sign a first contract.

The earthquake on 11 March tore apart this stretch of road in Ibaraki prefecture, leaving gaping cracks up to 150 metres long and presenting yet another obstacle to emergency workers travelling north from Tokyo.

If barriers to immigration are orders of magnitude steeper than barriers to trade, removing such obstacles — allowing workers to flock to where they are most productive — would provide a much bigger impetus to the economy than any effort at trade liberalization.

Shortages of health workers are obstacles to utilising global health initiative (GHI) funds effectively in Africa.