Sentence examples for union convention from inspiring English sources

At a teacher union convention in July, new UTLA leader Alex Caputo-Pearl waxed about "social movement unionism".

He will address a union convention in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

"I'm overjoyed," Mr. James said in a telephone interview from a union convention in Miami Beach.

For the last two days, she has kept a low profile in Massachusetts, though she spoke at a union convention in Washington on Tuesday.

"You can run, but you can't hide from us," Mr. Yokich thundered in June 1995 in his inaugural address at the union convention in Anaheim, Calif.

In town for the annual teachers union convention, Ms. Shaffer plans to leave her résumé with Dallas school officials before going home this weekend.

In numerous appearances at union conventions, Mr. Gore has vowed to push for changes that would make it easier for unions to organize.

He has avidly pursued labor support, marching on picket lines in Miami, Las Vegas and Chicago, pushing for state minimum wage increases and speaking at union conventions.

He has flown twice on Air Force One with Mr. Bush, he was the only union president to speak at Mr. Bush's economic conference, and in June, Mr. Bush, who rarely speaks at union conventions, appeared at the carpenters' convention.

The leaders of the two national teachers unions today harshly criticized the movement to raise academic standards in public schools for misplaced priorities, each saying at their union conventions that politicians and educators should focus more on developing challenging curriculum and less on testing students.

A8 EDUCATION Focus on Test Scores Assailed The leaders of the two national teachers unions denounced the movement to raise academic standards in public schools, saying at their unions' conventions that politicians and educators should focus more on developing challenging curriculum and less on testing students.