Sentence examples for privileged union from inspiring English sources

As parliamentarians bickered and police battled demonstrators outside, rolling power cuts were imposed across the country because of a two-week-old strike by workers at the Public Power Corporation, whose powerful and privileged union is high on many people's list of impediments to sensible change.

I realize that as a player in the WNBA, I am among the most privileged union members and that my working conditions are enviable.

McCluskey believes the Cameron government has set out to take away the privileged status the unions enjoyed in the 20th century.

This involved painting a picture of a privileged, well-paid, antitechnology union.

British financial firms will be allowed privileged access to European Union markets in return for payments to Brussels under plans being considered by countries including Germany.

Another is that the English become more conscious of the extent to which Scotland is subsidised by them, and begin to resent their northern neighbours' privileged place in the union.Such possibilities cannot be ruled out entirely.

Yet despite their comparatively privileged position, public sector unions are hamstrung in their bargaining abilities.

It would have given Ukraine a privileged position in the Eurasian Union, a blocking vote at least.

One is that the natural desire for social cohesion is being abused to justify the protection of "insiders"—those in permanent jobs, in trade unions or in privileged professions.

With the passage of time, however, many of the ideas expressed in "The Constitution of Liberty" have become broadly accepted by economists — e.g., that labor unions create a privileged labor sector at the expense of the nonunionized; that rent control reduces the supply of housing; or that agricultural subsidies lower the general welfare and create a bonanza for politicians.

To the Editor: Francis Fukuyama says, offhandedly, that many of Friedrich A. Hayek's ideas "have become broadly accepted by economists — e.g., that labor unions create a privileged labor sector at the expense of the nonunionized; that rent control reduces the supply of housing; or that agricultural subsidies lower the general welfare and create a bonanza for politicians".