Sentence examples for union activism from inspiring English sources
In addition, "some faculty, whether they were supportive or not of the union, didn't like the fact that union activity or union activism took away from [students'] time to complete their degrees or to do their work".
Penman's commitment to union activism began early.
Moreover, grassroots union activism in several swing states helped Mr Obama to victory.
When union activism revived in 1912, unionists agitated for legal shop-floor representatives and collective labour contracts.
He went into teaching, mainly special education, and was quickly stirred into union activism by a crisis.
While Wisconsin Republicans won numerous seats last November, seizing control from the Democrats, the state has also witnessed weeks of turmoil, union activism and fury from Democrats.
For the past seven years, he's worked for conservative nonprofit organizations, most recently in anti-union activism.
"And seeing King, who refused to respond to that hate, I rode my bike home that day saying, 'Wow, this guy is either crazy or he has some power I don't know about.' " Because of his mother's role at the church, Pfleger had considered the priesthood, and his encounter with King's union of activism and religion drove him to join a seminary.
The event, "Projecting Change: The Empire State Building," devised by Louie Psihoyos, the executive director of Oceanic Preservation Society, and the filmmaker and photographer Travis Threlkel, was a union of art, activism, and ambitious publicity stunt, designed to call attention to the plight of endangered species.
When McGeorge Bundy, who had been the national-security adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was appointed president of the foundation, in 1966, he took even bolder steps, financing trade unions and neighborhood activism.
This coming Thursday, the Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness and its "Workforce Freedom Initiative" is inviting corporate executives to a meeting "to discuss the economic value of union-backed shareholder activism to investors and employers".
