Workers were calling for higher wages, better working conditions and the right to form independent unions.

Management always kept a track on all the workers and treated those of us in the independent union very differently.

The independent union represents 339 of the agency's 600 employees.

It also affiliated several independent unions of higher education faculty.

Henry expressed strong anger at the move to create an independent union.

They have been demanding higher wages and the right to form an independent union.

Not one of these plants has an independent union, labor experts say.

But if wages and working conditions become the major focus, the law requires that workers be represented by independent unions.

The Firefighters got a worse deal after the strike, so there is talk among them to form an independent union.

At least two independent unions of professionals and workers in the movie industry have been formed recently.