Sentence examples for unions were able from inspiring English sources

Those strong unions were able to make certain that guest workers were not used by employers to depress wages.

The city and the unions were able to reach an agreement allowing the protesters to distribute leaflets outside Madison Square Garden, the convention site.

Labour unions were able to win significant increases in wages during the 1980s, which improved the lot of workers and produced a corresponding growth in domestic consumption.

But when they were powerful, unions were able to insist that government policy respond to the views of the poor and the middle class.

"Over the last decade employers and unions were able to negotiate through the maze of health care," said Tom Juravich, a labor relations professor at the University of Massachusetts.

In 1995 the government backed down because unions were able to cripple the country with public-transport strikes, and Alain Juppé, the prime minister, did not make a persuasive case for change.

"The big question," said Martin W. Hüfner, an independent economist, "is will the unions be able to push it up to 7.50 euros, which would destroy jobs?

For the first time, credit unions are able to pay people interest on their savings, and they no longer have to demonstrate that all those joining the union have something in common.

Even if the mayor and the unions are able to see eye to eye on so-called productivity concessions, Mr. Bloomberg has said that the city will still be forced to lay off workers and trim programs.

The next election is billed as the "living standards election" – but again wages will only go up when trade unions are able to push for a bigger share of profits.

Civitas says the government should go further than recently announced plans to raise the cap on interest rates that credit unions are able to charge to borrowers, in order to help the sector grow.