unionism
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u - nio - nism -> unionism
Myanmar meaning
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(က) အလုပ်သမားသမဂ္ဂဝင် (သို့) အလုပ် သမားသမဂ္ဂကို ထောက်ခံသူ။
(ခ) unionist မြောက်အိုင်ယာလန် ကို ဂရိတ်ဗြိတိန်အတွင်း ဆက်လက်တည်ရှိစေလိုသူ။ unionism /'ju:niǝnÇzǝm / n [U]
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- ‘Wives of picket line unionists were recipients of anonymous correspondence apparently aimed at driving a wedge between them and their husbands, with a view to ending the dispute in the company's favour.’
- ‘Still, the Democrats are facing a continuing battle for the support of industrial unionists.’
- ‘And once again we have a community assembly of unionists, clergy and civil rights activists taking a stand on high moral ground.’
- ‘A major bastion of support for the policy was in fact the union movement and unionists supported it because it helped keep out cheap labour.’
- ‘It's hard not to reach the conclusion that many unionists have effectively given up on successfully unionising the private sector, and are therefore engaged in a desperate bid to hold onto the security of the public sector.’
- ‘As usual, many protesters against economic globalisation in its present form will be unionists, and ALP members.’
- ‘As unionists it is our duty to be involved in supporting people in those situations.’
- ‘The statistics also show that women unionists are significantly better off than their non unionised sisters earning on average $119 a week more.’
- ‘The auto unionists account for the largest of the confederation members.’
- ‘Firstly, as a unionist and a member of a progressive union, I fully support redeployment, but you need to consider the time factor when you deal with it.’
- ‘The unionists and community collectively transformed the picket.’
- ‘This is the question many rank-and-file unionists often ask when their union leaderships sell their members short.’
- ‘Among the outrageous provision are proposals that would see unionists involved in legitimate industrial action locked up as terrorists.’
- ‘She urges academic unionists to move away from place-based approaches to organizing and embrace new ways of creating cyber-communities and worker collectivities.’
- ‘Sayles' movie tells the story of the obstacles that mining companies - and unionists - in West Virginia put in the way of unionisation through dividing Black and White workers.’
- ‘With the support of hundreds of unionists from across the movement, they preserved their right to be in the collective.’
- ‘It hasn't made any concessions to unionism or unionists.’
- ‘And being a Communist or a unionist and stirring up the lower classes against their ‘betters’ is obviously right out.’
- ‘As of this day last week, the majority of unionists withdrew that support.’
- ‘There is no groundswell in Britain for the Unionists in Northern Ireland.’
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