Sentence examples for unions except for from inspiring English sources
It has reached labor agreements with all of its unions except for the pilots.
Two years after he took over as CEO, workers voted to get rid of unions (except for pilots, who gain industry influence from being in a union because it puts them on par with their peers at other airlines).
In Wisconsin, a governor, Scott Walker, who never campaigned on union busting, offered as one of his first proposals the virtual gutting of public sector unions (except for police and firefighters who, not coincidentally, supported his campaign; to their credit, police officers and firefighters nevertheless joined in protesting Walker's union-busting bill).
Since independence, Kenya has had one-party rule by the Kenyan African National Union (except for one three-year period).
Companies like Toyota, Honda and Nissan have assembly plants in the United States, but none are represented by a union, except for joint ventures like a plant operated by Toyota and General Motors in California.
These fees, which are a bit lower than typical union dues, are supposed to cover the costs of everything that the union does, except for its political activities.
The 15-nation European Union -- except for Germany, which argued for less stringent provisions -- favors global restrictions on all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products.
Mrs. Merkel is to meet Mr. Sarkozy in Berlin on Jan . 9to discuss the next steps to the fiscal pact for Europe the two leaders drew up and secured agreement on from the other European Union leaders, except for Britain, at a summit meeting in Brussels last month.
The idea was to reveal to those who might know nothing about Union City — except for an overall impression of its being poor and shabby — that there were "cool places to go, hang out, and shop," said Kelly Marzullo, the lead broker for the Thread.
But he asked for and got concessions from all the municipal unions except the police.
The police unions note that except for certain elite units, most officers have received no specialized training in dealing with unconventional weapons.
