Two unions, the teachers and prison guards, exert overwhelming political power in their own interest.
The two unions, accused of trying to outdo each other in negotiating wages, denied instigating the clashes.
The two unions linked up earlier this year to form Amicus, which has a million members, mainly in manufacturing.
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The two unions passed resolutions at their annual Easter conferences last month agreeing to ballot for action over changes to the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS), affecting teachers in England and Wales.
It had to do with a vicious rivalry between two unions -- the dominant and established National Union of Mineworkers and the splinter Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union which has been encroaching on the former's role.
In April, Bates met with Hummel, who sought to ensure not only that the two unions worked together but also that a deal would occur and that US Airways pilots, who had worked for below industry scale since a 2004 bankruptcy, would be beneficiaries.
This week three unions - the civil servants' union the PCS and two teaching unions the NUT and ATL - unveiled plans to get 750, 000 of their members to walk out later this month in protest at pension cuts.
She fought and won two pitched battles with the two strongest unions, the miners and the printers.
It has been called by the two largest unions and will test the mood of the country.
It must negotiate new terms with two other unions, the flight attendants' and machinists', both looking for pilot-size raises.
Thirteen South African mine workers have been injured during fierce clashes between two rival unions in Rustenburg, police say.
Two teaching unions are joining forces to call for the government to extend the application deadline for performance-related pay.
ANA's two house unions agreed to accept 5% wage cuts in 2004.
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The company must negotiate new terms with two other unions, the flight attendants' and machinists', both of which are looking for pilot-size raises.
But the FGAAC union, which represents most train drivers said it rejected the pay offer, though two other unions welcomed the management's proposal.
The company also faced labor challenges last year with disputes with the airlines' two largest unions, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Two teaching unions had asked the education secretary to delay implementation.
The criticism of Mr Gove's policy comes two days after two teaching unions announced a series of strikes in a row over, pay, pensions and workload.
The negotiators had been in sessions involving five parties: the two airlines, the two pilot unions and the AMR creditors, represented by attorney Jack Butler.
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Around 45, 000 Verizon employees from two labor unions who were on strike for most of August were counted as a subtractions from the total jobs number.
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That violence also was blamed on union rivalry, though the two implicated unions, accused of trying to outdo each other in negotiating wages, deny instigating the clashes.
Mr Gray pressed the first minister on the Curriculum for Excellence less than a week after two teaching unions revealed they could be set to take industrial action.
The one-day strike in protest against further cuts was organized by the two biggest unions in the country, with rallies in a number of cities across Greece, including Patras, west of Athens.
The two student unions, Glasgow University Union and the Queen Margaret Union, have also confirmed their support for the event and will host the ballot boxes on the day of the poll.
Mr Allister said the minister had told the house that the merger had the support of two staff unions which had, in fact, objected to the proposed changes in their responses to a consultation paper.
In what could represent the final stages of putting together a merger between American and US Airways, negotiators for the two airlines and the two pilot unions are negotiating terms of transitional contract agreements today in Dallas.
That letter reminds that the MOU was reached in talks involving negotiators for five parties: the airlines, their two pilot unions, the Allied Pilot Association and the U.S. Airline Pilots Association, and the creditors committee, represented by attorney Jack Butler.
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