Sentence examples for refusing overtime from inspiring English sources

United Airlines, the world's biggest carrier, is locked in a dispute with pilots who are refusing overtime shifts.

The pilots "worked to rule" that summer, refusing overtime at the busiest time of year and just as the airline was trying to expand.

Equity gave notice that the chorus would be taking action between 4 and 19 March, which might include protests and refusing overtime.

Pilots began refusing overtime as early as May to protest limited progress after a year and a half of contract talks.

Disruption had been going on for two weeks with 53 pathology staff refusing overtime, striking or working to rule, she said.

When United's pilots began refusing overtime in May, they didn't violate their contract, so United couldn't go to a federal court.

West Virginia and Pennsylvania recently debated but deferred action on bills that would allow workers to refuse overtime without being punished.

Union leaders decided late Wednesday to hold a partial strike for six hours July 4 and to refuse overtime and weekend work for now, said Choi Jong-hak, a union spokesman.

Without that clarification, hospitals often threaten nurses with suspension or loss of license if they refuse overtime and leave at the end of their shift.

Afraid to refuse overtime work lest their job prospects be damaged, yet increasingly upset over neglect of family responsibilities, they found themselves in a conflict from which they could not extricate themselves.

Thunderstorms in the Midwest and East Coast created problems over the weekend, but the refused overtime and sick days, as well as delays caused by some mechanics, who are also in contract talks, led to cancellations at United far exceeding those at other carriers.