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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You have an ordinary guy named Anthony who takes a job at a fast food joint eerily similar to one we have heard before because he wants to seek revenge on one of the company’s best workers.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Majority of the Bus Co. workers are very sympathetic to us, and agree with slogans and demands that relate to their lives.
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(S1 (S (NP (NP (NN Majority))
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(NP (DT the) (NNP Bus) (NNP Co.) (NNS workers))))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Boeing’s workers, fed up with paying for inflation out of their pockets, worried about relentless outsourcing deals, are on strike.
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(, ,)
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(PP (IN on)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Bernie Macus, founder of what has now become Home Depot, registers his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, which would permit a company’s workers to choose to organize without needing the secret ballot if enough employees sign a card saying they support unionization.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Chrysler’s Saenz said he believed the company’s workers would go for such a deal.
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(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNP Chrysler) (POS 's)) (NNP Saenz))
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(VP (VB go)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PDT such) (DT a) (NN deal)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Next came “Made with Pure Rocky Mountain Scab Labor”, meant to support a strike by Coors Brewing Company workers.
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(S1 (S (NP (NNP Next))
(VP (VBD came) ('' '')
(NP (NNP Made))
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(NP (NP (DT a) (NN strike))
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NNP Coors) (NNP Brewing) (NNP Company) (NNS workers)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Hundreds of Verizon workers picketed company offices several times in the last week ahead of the deadline.
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(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNS Hundreds))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Verizon) (NNS workers))))
(VP (VBD picketed)
(NP (NN company) (NNS offices))
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(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ last) (NN week)) (ADVP (RB ahead)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN deadline))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
During its peak sales in the 1970s, the company had approximately 300 workers and was one of the largest private sector employers in Downriver Detroit.
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(S1 (S (PP (IN During)
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(, ,)
(NP (DT the) (NN company))
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(NP (NNP Downriver) (NNP Detroit)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
With Boeing workers voting on a potential strike, there is concern of a ripple effect on Kansas suppliers, like Spirit AeroSystems boeing strike seattle times.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN With)
(NP (NP (NNP Boeing) (NNS workers))
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(, ,)
(PP (IN like)
(NP (NNP Spirit) (NNP AeroSystems) (NNP boeing) (NN strike) (NNP seattle) (NNS times))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Unions favor’ ’ card – check’ ’ systems, under which employees can form a union if a majority of a company’s workers sign cards indicating they favor unionization.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NNS Unions) (NN favor)) (: ') ('' ')
(NP (NN card)) (: -)
(NP (NN check) (POS ')) ('' ')
(NP (NP (NNS systems)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHPP (IN under) (WHNP (WDT which)))
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(VP (VB sign)
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(NP (NN unionization)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Before the acquisition, HP had 178,000 workers and EDS had 142,000, a total of 320,000.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN Before)
(NP (DT the) (NN acquisition)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (NNP HP))
(VP (VBD had)
(NP (CD 178,000) (NNS workers))))
(CC and)
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(VP (VBD had)
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(PP (IN of)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
KIMBERLY – NewPage Corp. workers won *n’t go quietly when their paper mill shuts down Monday, and Saturday they, their families, friends and community showed they aren’t ready to give up the fight.
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(S1 (S (NP (NNP KIMBERLY) (: -) (NNP NewPage) (NNP Corp.) (NNS workers))
(VP (VBD won)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The attorney estimates that more than 70 % of the company’s workers are in the country illegally.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NN attorney))
(VP (VBZ estimates)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The company’s workers in US have got the authority to launch a strike, which will be one of the largest strikes in years.
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(S1 (S (NP (NP (NP (DT The) (NN company) (POS 's)) (NNS workers))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Many companies now suffer from a perceived split between the interests of executives and the rest of the company’s workers.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (JJ Many) (NNS companies)) (ADVP (RB now))
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(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN company) (POS 's)) (NNS workers))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
According to Reuters, “Verizon, which has not commented on issues under negotiation, has about 103,000 workers in its telecom unit, which covers residential and small business telephone, broadband and video services.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (VBG According)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNP Reuters))))
(, ,) ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (NP (NNP Verizon)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX has) (RB not)
(VP (VBD commented)
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(, ,))
(VP (VBZ has)
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(S (VP (VBZ covers)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Verizon, which has not commented on issues undernegotiation, has about 103,000 workers in its telecom unit, which covers residential and small business telephone, broadband and video services.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNP Verizon)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX has) (RB not)
(VP (VBD commented)
(PP (IN on)
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(, ,))
(VP (VBZ has)
(NP (QP (RB about) (CD 103,000)) (NNS workers))
(PP (IN in)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Not an arabber mind you, but a resident who lived in one of Baltimore iconic alley homes, tiny homes built for B & O Railway workers back in the 19th Century.
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(S1 (FRAG (RB Not)
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(, ,) (CC but)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Ford workers in the late 1960s starting to say “We’ll still vote Labour because we think they will stick up for us better than the others – but we’re open to offers.”
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(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Ford) (NNS workers))
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(: -) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ open)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NNS offers))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
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