Sentence examples for backing of labor from inspiring English sources

Without the backing of labor Mr. Gore would have been in deep trouble.

Without the support of the Coalition, it would require the backing of Labor, Greens, Xenophon and one more.

The inquiry was initiated in the previous parliament by former Greens senator Robert Simms and independent Nick Xenophon, with the backing of Labor.

The consensus is that Mr. de Blasio would benefit most from the backing of labor, because Ms. Quinn has the support of many business and pro-Bloomberg Democrats, and Mr. Thompson is counting on heavy support from African-Americans.

The complaint was brought by a group called U.S. Chamber Watch, which was created four months ago — with the strong financial backing of labor unions — to scrutinize the Chamber of Commerce's growing influence and provide a counterbalance.

The strike, Chicago's first in 25 years and the first in a major city in a half-dozen years, also revealed a rift between unions and Mr. Emanuel, a Democrat and former chief of staff to President Obama, raising the prospect that a lingering strike in the president's hometown might become an issue in a presidential election year when Democrats depend on the backing of labor.

The statuette for which performers would traditionally break their neck was part of his larger plan to break the back of labor.

And looking at the 50 works in an antiseptic gallery with violin music playing from somewhere, it strikes you that the mortar that bonded the imagination of artists and the backs of labor is gone.

A number of Democrats oppose granting China normal trade relations, despite President Clinton's strong backing, because of labor union opposition to the agreement and the country's poor human rights record.

Mr. Torricelli won the backing of some labor leaders and endorsements in Camden, Morris, Bergen and Burlington Counties.

The young Democratic governor had entered state politics with the enthusiastic backing of organized labor.