Sentence examples for unions launch from inspiring English sources

That includes reneging on a pledge to help the trade unions; launch a campaign of vilification against school teachers -- from kindergarten through college; attack civil liberties protections; commit to reductions in Social Security and Medicare; stiff the environmentalists.

Last week three transport unions launched a legal challenge to the franchising of the east coast mainline.

In January the government quickly reached an agreement with workers about wages, conditions of service, and fuel prices after the trade unions launched the first major strike since the end of civil conflict in 2002.

On Thursday Unison, among other unions, launched a ballot in England (Wales will follow later) which, if members vote yes, could see in October the first NHS strike over pay since 1982.

In an attempt to overcome the left's Judean People's Front-style sectarianism and build a broad anti-austerity movement, the unions launched the People's Assembly with a 4,000-strong 4,000-strongune.

Two groups, mainly consisting of unions, launched the legal action.

Several unions launched strikes in response to legislation introduced to curb their power, but resistance eventually collapsed.

Three labor unions launched a new TV ad Tuesday attacking Virginia Senate candidate George Allen (R) on education funding.

Hoping to get the excise tax dropped in negotiations, several unions launched a public campaign against the proposal.

Labor unions launched a 48-hour strike to protest the measures and more than 5,000 police were deployed to the center of the capital to deal with the protests, with most attention focused on Syntagma Square in front of the parliament.

In July, the MPAA studios and a few entertainment unions launched Creative America, a site that purports to demonstrate the ravages of piracy on ordinary folks in the entertainment industry.