Unionists in a sentence

In 1997, Unionists lost overall control of Belfast City Council for the first time in its history, with the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland gaining the balance of power between Nationalists and Unionists.

LSU Press, 1998, p. 83 In Texas local officials harassed unionists and engaged in large-scale massacres against unionists and Germans.

According to the NLC president, Tinubu argued that rather than subscribe to complaints over hiring numerous Senior Advisers (SAs) and “SAs to SAs”, the unionists should consider the hires in the light of job creation.

Citing the compromises forged by diehard unionists in 1998 and subsequently, Heaton-Harris added that “real leadership is about knowing when to say yes and having the courage to do so”.

Company unionists have historically tended to settle for relatively meager pay hikes around 2 percent in recent years, as unions are inclined to cooperate with management in keeping job security rather than aggressively demanding pay rises.

He insisted that for Unionists to make good on the promise of the Good Friday Agreement that the political situation in Northern Ireland can be made to work, they have to run the country well.

However they are not likely to throw themselves into the arms of Mr Sarwar voluntarily, in the way the unionists have.

In 2021, Sinn Fein said it vetoed the proposal because the stone had been "designed and commissioned by representatives of one tradition" and accused unionists of failing to consult with other parties about their plan.

In early February, Tunisia experienced a series of arrests of politicians, opposition figures, civil society activists, media officials and trade unionists, prompting outrage from many human rights NGOs.

In the middle of this one of the most bizarre episodes when my local MP and Leader of the Tories in Scotland called for the unionists to coalesce around a single candidate at the next Westminster Election, (probably in the Autumn of next year).

It raises the question, was this a genuine attempt to solve problems with power-sharing, or was it an implied threat that if Stormont did not return unionists would be punished?

I was told the Tribune wasn’t widely read in Northern Ireland and was somewhat distrusted by Unionists because of its generally left of centre stance.

Lord Empey accepted these issues were extremely difficult for unionists, but he felt the agreement improved the quality of life in Northern Ireland and secured its place within the United Kingdom.

Nearly a month-long strike alert in the U.S. Steel Košice steelworks has come to an end following a deal that unionists and the company agreed upon in recent days.

Sir Jeffrey welcomed Mr Varadkar’s comments, saying the protocol “was not, is not and will not be supported by unionists”.

Striking NEU, UCU, PCS and Aslef union members were joined by RMT, Unison, CWU union activists as well as students, climate activists, midwives and other trade unionists.

The demonstration is one of four across the UK on Thursday morning, with campaigners saying more than 1,000 workers and trade unionists have blockaded four arms factories in England and Scotland.

The proposed new constituency boundaries look to be marginally more favourable to unionists, but would still leave them short of four clear quotas on last month’s votes.

These attacks can be stopped—and trade unionists should heap solidarity on the low paid strikers.

Trade Unionists for Palestine have issued a call to the UK labour movement to help and equip grassroots members to take solidarity action.