print unions
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Evans’ successful run at the Sunday Times was disrupted in 1977 by the nation’s print unions, who resisted the newspaper industry’s move to using electronic typesetting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2020
The UK's economy was stagnating and the print unions were making newspaper publishing tough.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2015
French papers are as badly bullied by print unions as British papers were until Rupert Murdoch, a media baron who has recently had other troubles, helped to break their power in the 1980s.
From Economist ● Jul. 28, 2011
To supporters, Mr. Murdoch brought TV choice through his BSkyB satellite operation and took on the print unions that had made the newspaper business unprofitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2011
In the following years, Murdoch was preoccupied in Britain with two separate ambitions – to tame the print unions while introducing computer technology and to launch a satellite television system.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2011
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