public sector union
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublic,sectorandunion
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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union
noun
uk/ˈjuː.njən/us/ˈjuː.njən/
the act or the state of being ...
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(Definition ofpublic,sectorandunionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is possible to say that in the publicsectorunionorganisation is easier and the influence is stronger.
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We have matured as a publicsectorunion.
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The point is that in the publicsectorunionindustrial action is aimed to get its way by putting pressure on the public.
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With a membership of 235,000 it is the largest publicsectorunionin the country.
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These reforms concentrated their costs on organised labour, and typically affected the vast majority of both private and public sector unions.
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Each sector elects theirsectorunionrepresentative.
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It is disgraceful to see public sector unions tying themselves to one political party.
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I suspect that it is because the public sector unions do not like it.
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That is on the table and would be regarded by most public sector unions as being the flexibility with which they could well do.
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The real issue for them is support for an index-linked, overweight, overmanned bureaucracy embracing public sector unions.
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There is a resurgence of militancy in the public sector unions threatening chaos across the public transport system.
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The public sector unions registered pretty considerable opposition at first, at least to what they thought they heard.
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First, there are inefficient, high cost services, largely because of the dominant role of public sector unions in the boroughs concerned.
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They are, frankly, under too much pressure from the public sector unions.
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The vested interests of the public sector unions are not the same as public service.
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He and those like him do not understand customer service; they are in the pockets of the public sector unions.
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Today negotiations are going on between local authorities and public sector unions.
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The public sector unions must not be allowed to use their strength to push unemployment back into the private sector.
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The recalcitrant public sector unions usually take the form of the direct labour organisations which are often more expensive than local private contractors.
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We have over-pampered public sector unions in the absence of strong management with ever-expanding empires, and over-bureaucratisation exists.
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