Sentence examples for strengthening labor from inspiring English sources

They have been below 300,000, a threshold associated with a strengthening labor market, for 10 straight weeks.

The signs included a strengthening labor market, increased activity in the real estate market and hints of improvement in financial-sector hiring.

We devote a quarter of the book to class analysis and call for strengthening labor unions in the United States through substantial increases in the minimum wage, legislative and administrative changes to increase the ability of workers to organize, and the enormous effort needed to unionize the professional and service sectors.

Koufax and Drysdale's joint holdout before the 1966 season was viewed by Marvin Miller, the new leader of the players union, as an important early step in strengthening labor's hand.

We can provide certainty by strengthening the enforcement of Intellectual Property and other property rights and strengthening labor and environmental standards.

Nor is there meaningful discussion on strengthening labor protections and collective bargaining rights, though there have been intrepid grassroots efforts to organize these disenfranchised workers.

And despite their strengthening labor-market position, employees failed to gain legal rights to vacation time -- in sharp contrast to Europeans.

His suggestion to strengthen labor laws could help, but probably only in industries sheltered from foreign competition.

Human-rights activists saw the high-profile projects on Saadiyat as an opportunity to strengthen labor standards across the region.

Any future increases in union membership could further strengthen labor's influence in politics and collective bargaining.

"I have problems with the Central American agreement in its current form," Mr. Kerry said, indicating that he would renegotiate it to strengthen labor and environmental provisions.