Yet the labor movement remains attached to a 20th-century notion of its role: protecting members' employment, wages and benefits through collective bargaining.

As a result, Mr. Silver has had to prepare a welfare bill that attempts to achieve two seemingly contradictory goals: aggressively putting more welfare recipients to work, while protecting the jobs, wages and benefits of union workers.

If we are going to protect wages in New York, we have to organize workers on Long Island.

Paralleling some current immigration concerns, in the early 1900s Congress's primary interest in immigration was to protect American workers and wages: the reason it had become a federal concern in the first place.

There were occasional riots and societies of Woolcombers and Weavers were formed in an effort to protect jobs and wages.

In the early 20th century Congress's primary interest in immigration was protecting American workers and wages - the reason it had become a federal concern in the first place.

In terms of the Standard, the main criticisms were that it would not protect minimum wages and that it would undermine many conditions and entitlements workers previously enjoyed.

Unions formed to protect wages, Perlman argued, did not arise (as Marx believed) from the bourgeoisie.

Mr. Gettelfinger has managed to protect wages and benefits at the auto parts maker Delphi, which had demanded deep cuts under bankruptcy protection.

Or should policy be designed to protect American jobs and wages by raising trade barriers?