Sentence examples for supporting strike from inspiring English sources

Delegates voted unanimously in favour of supporting strike action in schools where heads refused to give union reps paid time away from the classroom to represent their members - or refused to allow elected union officials on to the premises to represent staff.

Panetta said that the US Navy will shift most of its ships to the Asia Pacific region in coming years, and that six of the fleet's 10 aircraft carriers and their supporting strike groups will be based and on patrol in the Pacific.

She traveled across the country, both organizing for the United Mine Workers and orating on her own, supporting strikes, and galvanizing public support for labour with her slogan, "Join the union, boys".

The RMT said 40% of members voted, with 76% of those supporting strikes.

Early on, its leaders reached out to the emerging labor movement, even supporting strikes by the Knights of Labor.

The British public is divided over launching the strikes, with a YouGov opinion poll showing voter support for action in Syria had fallen to the lowest level since September 2014, with 48percentt of respondents supporting strikes and 31percentt against.

Pollock also said that the overwhelming majority of staff supported strike action.

Kevin Courtney, the NUT's acting general secretary, said: "This has been a very well supported strike, both by NUT members and the general public.

There are 53,000 junior doctors in England who are affected, and more than 50,000 signatures on a petition calling for the British Medical Association BMAA) to support strike action.

Because people were asked more than two years ago whether they supported strike action the government questioned whether we had the mandate to do it.

Putin says Russia could support strike on Syria.