Sentence examples for voted to work from inspiring English sources

In Switzerland one of the 26 cantons has voted to work for a nationwide ban; the justice minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, backs a ban, at least in cantons that want it.

My local Labour party in south-west Surrey just a week ago voted to work with Lib Dems and Greens to secure a progressive alliance for the county council elections next May, and I have no doubt that other Labour parties will follow.

Members from both unions have voted to work only to what it says in their contracts.

On the eve of the talks, Ukraine's parliament voted to work towards membership of Nato.

Today, the senate voted to work on a bill called the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act that would, among other things, require food producers, facilities and distributors in the United States to evaluate hazards more rigorously, undergo more inspections each year and implement preventive measures to keep food pathogen-free.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles County supervisors voted to work towards a plan to get the controversial HIV-prevention drug Truvada into the hands of at-risk LA residents.

The district's teachers tried to ease the pressure by voting to work without pay as long as they were able, a gesture that drew considerable attention.

Women's rights have been established through a series of legislative acts guaranteeing the right to vote, to work and to receive equal pay for equal work, and to stand on equal footing in a marriage, including in the authority over children.

UPDATE: May 7 -- At the emergency meeting Monday night, Buena Vista's school board voted to lay off all its employees by the end of the month, despite the teachers' vote to work for at least this week without pay.

"This is New York, not Florida; you want voting to work," said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, based in Brooklyn.

Representatives of television and radio commercial actors voted to go back to work, ending a six-month strike.