Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] ' union " in BNC.
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| 1 | LABOUR 'S policy review was a symbol of the party renewing itself and becoming again a force for change , Tom Sawyer , deputy general secretary of Nupe , the public sector workers ' union , said at the start of four days of debate on the review reports . |
| 2 | They were ( i ) the Alternative Youth list , comprising the German Youth Party , Marxist Youth Association , Green Youth and the Free German Youth or FDJ ( 14,616 votes ) ; ( ii ) Christian League ( 10,691 votes ) ; ( iii ) Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) ( 8,819 votes ) ; ( iv ) Independent Social Democratic Party ( 3,891 votes ) ; ( v ) European Federalist Party ( 3,636 votes ) ; ( vi ) Independent People 's Party ( 3,007 votes ) ; ( vii ) German Beer Drinkers ' Union ( 2,534 votes ) ; ( viii ) Spartacist Workers ' Party ( 2,417 votes ) ; ( ix ) Unity Now ( 2,396 votes ) ; ( ix ) League of Socialist Workers ( 386 votes ) ; ( x ) Association of Working Circles for Employees and Democracy ( 380 votes ) ; and ( xi ) European Union of the GDR ( no votes ) . |
| 3 | For the foreseeable future , however , the inherent weaknesses of unionization in agriculture seem likely to continue to haunt the N U A A W. The falling number of agricultural workers , the urban influences that are spreading across tracts of once ‘ truly rural ’ countryside and the changing nature of the farm worker 's skills may conspire in any case to lead to a reappraisal of the need for a separate farm workers ' union . |
| 4 | Representatives of the United Mine Workers ' Union ( UMW ) reached an agreement on Jan. 1 with the Pittston Coal Company to end a nine-month strike by more than 2,000 miners . |
| 5 | The United Mine Workers ' Union ( UMW ) announced on Feb. 20 that 2,000 striking miners in Virginia , West Virginia and Kentucky had voted to accept a settlement negotiated on Jan. 1 between union officials and the Pittston Coal Company [ see p. 37180 ] . |
| 6 | The secondary school teachers ' union Synesci criticized the country 's politicians for " nepotism and tribalism " and " a mentality governed by the profit motive " . |
| 7 | Members of the secondary school teachers ' union ( LOME ) went on strike in July 1990 in support of a 15 per cent salary increase and improved training and conditions [ see also September 1990 strikes and July austerity measures p. 37721 ] . |
| 8 | They heard Jack Jones , the former transport workers ' union leader , condemn British pensions as the worst in Europe and denounce means-testing for pensioners . |
| 9 | It was formed in 1913 out of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , together with the General Railway Workers ' Union and the United Pointsmen 's and Signalmen 's Society ( Bagwell 1963 ) . |
| 10 | THE SOCIETY for the Protection of Unborn Children yesterday failed in its attempt to bar 14 Irish Republic students ' union leaders from giving information on abortion facilities in Britain . |
| 11 | Moss Evans , the new Transport Workers ' Union leader , made no effort to rein in his members ' demands , while the Ford company itself , worried by loss of profits , was in no mood for a prolonged fight . |
| 12 | The ANC at that time had very close links to the African Mine Workers ' Union , the largest group of whose members were Bemba , but which included members of tribes from all over Zambia , as well as from Tanganyika and Nyasaland . |
| 13 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |