Sentence examples for one big union from inspiring English sources
Professor Gordon readily acknowledges the implausibility of winning that One Big Union on a continental scale.
As a result, the beach workers kept their jobs - and started to organize with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), an organization established in 1905, to create one big union based on class, not craft, and welcome people of color, immigrants and women.
During and after the war the idea of the "One Big Union," which would unify existing organizations and maximize striking power, gained a certain currency.
This was the One Big Union (OBU), which had its roots in a postwar labour disaffection from conventional trade unionism that was especially pronounced in western Canada.
Their slogan was "One Big Union": solidarity across colour, craft and continent, embodied in a single organisation with "industrial departments" for workers in each branch of the economy.
It owns many major businesses & controls the one big labor union.
One big one is distribution.
"It's more than just one big party," said Sandra Joseph, the union's staffing director.
While most of the money has come from service union locals, one big donation of $495,000 that came in last Friday was given by a longtime Edwards supporter.
"We demand living wage fares, no pool fares, protection from exploitation, union representation," read one big green sign held up by one Uber driver, a middle-aged black man with a tan jacket and blue pork pie hat.
