Whole Foods workers here have found, however, that the principles do not include embracing labor unions.
She has embraced labor unions, lowered the retirement age for certain workers, and increased state payments to mothers and the old.
Labor leaders have had their differences with Mr. Obama, mainly over some of his bolder proposals to cut the budget deficit, but Mr. Trumka said it was time to rally behind the president, especially because he has strongly embraced labor's priorities in recent months.
His DNC policy platform calls for Democratic leaders to embrace "labor as a full partner," which would represent a shift from recent decades in which union concerns have been subjugated to Wall Street and Silicon Valley interests within the party.
Many nonunion contractors in the San Diego area are particularly incensed because they helped win voter approval of a $2.1 billion school bond last year, only to see unions persuade the school board to vote 3 to 2 to embrace project labor agreements for all the construction.
In his embrace of labor, Mr. Gore plans to speak alongside Mr. Sweeney in Pittsburgh tommorow, Labor Day.
Instead of being intimidated by the many researchers and writers who have come before him in the search for Slocum, he embraces their labors.
Mr. Filner is San Diego's first Democratic mayor in 20 years, and his campaign had been promoted and embraced by labor organizations, Democrats and many progressive leaders.
His support of abortion rights, gay rights and gun control and his embrace of labor unions have helped him win three terms as governor.
I will not sign a trade agreement like the Central American Free Trade Agreement or the Free Trade of Americas Act that does not now embrace enforceable labor and environment standards.
