Sentence examples for racist union from inspiring English sources

In the gripping drama Edge of the City (1957), Poitier starred as a dockworker whose friendship with a white coworker (John Cassavetes) raises the ire of a racist union boss.

Unthinkably, the frontbencher is now in danger of losing his seat to Labor or a Nick Xenophon candidate, at least if you believe last week's polling by the CFMEU, the results of which Pyne in typically colourful fashion dismissed as the work of corrupt, racist union thugs.

The rise of white nationalism motivates my empirical study of racist speech in union representation elections.

Vance Muse, an early advocate of right-to-work, was an avowed racist who hated unions because he believed they'd lead to more mixing of the races, and in the 1940s, he spread these laws across the South.

I saw her face down policemen, racist neighbours and negligent union officials.

Roger Cohen (NYT) GERMANY: RACISM CHARGE The campaign slogan of a leading Christian Democrat, Jurgen Ruttgers, has been criticized as racist by a European Union watchdog committee.

I well remember linking arms with my fellow students to stop the racist and anti-trade union Lady Birdwood from speaking at the Oxford Union.

But the show also tackled sentimental myths about the second world war, the ludicrous anti-nuclear precautions proffered by Civil Defence, mandarin Third Programme voices, hubristic union barons, racist landladies and arrogant third world despots.

For example, in 1919 Chicago, black soldiers returned home from World War I to find segregated ghettos, white-dominated unions and racist government practices.

"The labour unions were racist, the newspapers were racist, the political parties were all vying for the 'anti-Oriental' vote.

Birmingham university's student union has banned "racist" sombreros and native American dress from being worn on campus.