Sentence examples for unions strength from inspiring English sources

Right-to-work laws exist in 23 states, and labor leaders say these laws undermine unions' strength by reducing the flow of dues money.

Right-to-work laws prohibit union contracts at private sector workplaces from requiring employees to pay any dues or other fees to the union, a move that often saps unions' strength and treasuries.

Yet, the attack on work rules strikes at the very heart of the airline unions' strength, said Gary Chaison, a professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.

We generally find that the preponderance of empirical evidence suggests that teacher unionization and union strength are associated with increases in district expenditures and teacher salaries, particularly salaries for experienced teachers.

As in the U.S., public-sector unionism is strong in Europe, Canada and Japan, and the illusion of continued union strength abroad reflects mainly the fact that their public sectors are relatively larger than ours.

Men with high school diplomas (and no further education) are more typically unionized than are women and are therefore more affected by a decline in union strength than by a falling minimum wage.

In 1911, during an early show of trade union strength, there was a transport strike.

But inside the Statehouse, people are consumed by something else entirely: a partisan fight over union strength has boiled over.

His efforts have always foundered on trade-union strength and a corporate culture that stresses professionalism and meritocracy.

Rising industrial action may signal the failure of an existing social consensus and corresponding union weakness rather than a resurgence of union strength.

The gap has widened partly because union strength has declined, and with it many of the higher-paying jobs once available to high school graduates.