Sentence examples for unionised firms from inspiring English sources

Again, the burden is heavily concentrated in older, unionised firms.

Pay scales in unionised firms tend to be flatter than in non-unionised ones.

Even in unionised firms, there have been reports of greater flexibility.

Yet even predictions of fresh militancy at unionised firms seem a bit exaggerated.

Now they're lobbying for a last-minute change to the law that would exempt unionised firms from the new proposals.

But if unions demand above-market pay and impose cumbersome work rules, unionised firms will gradually lose market share to non-unionised competitors.

They want the power to unionise firms without a secret ballot, simply by persuading a majority of workers to sign a card.

Senator Lincoln had antagonised the unions by wavering on health reform and opposing the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would help workers to unionise firms without a secret ballot.

Raw deal Hallowed ground A gambling man ReprintsThe unions were furious with her on several counts, but mainly for her refusal to back the Employee Free Choice Act, or "card check", a law that would make it possible to unionise firms without the need to hold a secret ballot.

To make further gains, especially in the ultra price-sensitive transshipment market, Portugal needs to steer past two obstructions: powerful service providers and unionised workers.Getting private firms to compete at ports is tricky.

But as the economy has shifted from heavy industry (which is relatively easy to unionise, since a firm that has invested a billion dollars in a factory will be reluctant to close it) to services (which are more mobile), union membership has fallen, from 24% of private-sector workers in 1973 to a mere 7% in 2011 (see chart).