Sentence examples similar to worker austerity from inspiring English sources

The arch-conservative cadre that has been ruling Arizona like a feudal fiefdom in recent years is likewise bound up with a national effort to promote "divide and conquer" policies, anti-public and anti-worker austerity measures, and odious laws aimed at marginalized populations.

The labor movement has shown some signs of life, especially among public sector workers combating austerity, but these are at best rearguard, defensive struggles.

Workers protesting austerity measures imposed by the government are planning further nationwide strikes this month that threaten to disrupt air and sea routes, frustrating tourists on their way to Greece.

But it was becoming impossible to keep laying off thousands of state workers while austerity choked off any realistic possibility of their finding private sector jobs or to keep slashing social benefits and services while the numbers of poor and unemployed surged.

It would be simplistic to frame France's current disputes as a massive workers' uprising against austerity.

The Greek parliament is due to vote on Thursday on rehiring nearly 4,000 public-sector workers fired under austerity measures, as well as hiring a further 8,000.

On the eve of a huge strike by public sector workers to protest austerity measures, the British government said Tuesday that it was falling behind with its deficit reduction plan and that the measures would drag on for two more years.

Greek public workers strike over austerity layoffs .

This is what's happening across Europe, where workers are using austerity as an opportunity to reclaim their workplaces without the bosses who screwed them over.

And during the 1997 financial crisis, the NSL was used to arrest more than 400 students and workers challenging IMF-imposed austerity policies and high rates of unemployment.

Alarm bells rang in my head a few weeks ago when a care worker asked me what austerity meant.