Sentence examples for union at a time from inspiring English sources

The cuts are among the first approved by an orchestra union at a time when music institutions are under severe pressure to reduce expenses amid the recession.

If the administration blocked the merger, it would risk upsetting a key union at a time when the labor movement is facing an erosion of its influence and is looking to Democrats to help reinforce its flagging ranks.

The administration, for instance, has delayed implementing the provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement that allows Mexican trucks into this country, a decision that delighted the Teamsters union at a time when Mr. Gore is seeking its endorsement.

The accord was the biggest test for the Teamsters' president, James P. Hoffa, and gives solid gains to the union at a time when organized labor and millions of workers face difficulties.

And a civil war fought against the mining communities generated such pressure that an internal civil war broke out inside the union, at a time when members in the Midlands did not understand that their jobs were at risk.

The job cuts angered trade unions at a time when the bank is aiming to start paying dividends to shareholders for the first time since the banking crisis with a view to allowing the government to sell off the rest of its stake.

Thus, for example, Addison and Belfield (2004a) chart the changes in the impact of British unions at a time when union density almost halved from 53 % in 1979 to 28%% in 1999.

Blanton was also, Stevens notes, staunchly anti-union at a time when conflict between labor and management was one of the major issues of the day and a few years into Blanton's congressional career, unions were in trouble.

The change also would extend the union's coverage over low-budget Web commercials, most of which are produced non-union, at a time when advertising is rapidly moving online.

He had increased turnout among union members at a time when the union rolls themselves were shrinking, and he had done it by focusing on new registrants.

The decision to bar Ms. Bischoff from participating in talks involving the union comes at a time when the union and hospitals are locked in a bitter battle over efforts to unionize nearly 400 clerical workers.