Sentence examples for take on union from inspiring English sources

A grievance is part of the formal complaints process agreed between hotels and unions to ensure that serious gripes are dealt with by the right people, while minor quibbles are handled by the shop stewards -- regular hotel employees who volunteer to take on union duties.

He may have taken on "Union Jack" because of an affection for English pantomime and vaudeville.

"I've taken on union bosses before," he says, "and I'm happy to take them on again".

I've certainly been following this issue closely in the state of New Jersey, where Governor Chris Christie has taken on union leadership in his efforts to balance the New Jersey state budget and reduce the spending deficit without raising taxes.

Mr. Blankenship has taken on unions, believers in global warming and even, in West Virginia, the trade association representing coal mining companies.

"He is willing to take on unions -- that's part of his rhetoric -- and that gets unions mobilized".

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He didn't embrace Thatcherism and would never take on unions, but she did a lot to put Britain back on its feet, as he sees himself doing with Russia.

OBITUARIES An obituary on Sunday about Peter Johnson, a lawyer and a crusader in New York who took on union bosses and Tammany Hall, misstated, in some editions, the given name of his wife, who survives him.

He took on unions and the news media.

In a quarter-century in private practice, he worked for corporations, including utilities, and as part of his legal work, took on unions.