Sentence examples for something that workers from inspiring English sources

Trade unions have pressed in vain for a rethink or delay in abolition of the NI rebate – something that workers "neither fully understand nor have been able to plan for", in the words of Unison general secretary Dave Prentis.

When wages are negotiated at the firm level, a decrease in the wage at a given firm is a decrease in the relative wage, something that workers will be reluctant to accept.

Caitlin Vega, a legislative advocate with the California Labor Federation, calls the eight-hour day "something that workers fought and died to create... It's about the idea that working people deserve some quality of life, deserve to be able to go home at the end of the day and be with their own kids".

Average earnings in Tameside, which covers the towns of Denton and Ashton-under-Lyme, are about 15% below the British average wage, and the council is looking for something that offers workers better prospects than life behind a till.

I thought, let's do something that is worker-friendly and community-friendly.

A firm believer in the restorative qualities of a quick nap, Mr. Knigge set out to design something that would allow workers to catnap in place.

May Day has long been known as International Workers' Day because of something that happened as workers fought for shorter hours, which used to be one the foremost demands of the American labor movement.

But she said there were no plans to list or publicize the names of all the factories that Wal-Mart and its suppliers use — something that worker rights groups have advocated to make it easier to monitor factories.

The dunes were also reshaped by Dye and his workers, something that could not have occurred without Hugo.

Moves to align retirement ages will take demographic factors into account, something that would help French workers to continue to retire earlier than Germans.

Now it's time to extend that concept to force Congress to do something to spur job growth and prepare the next generation of American workers — something, that is, other than the misguided sequester now in place.