Sentence examples for in support of the workers from inspiring English sources

Steve Gibson, Middlesbrough's chairman, is an ardent supporter of the local area's industry and has also spoken out in support of the workers' plight in recent weeks.

Before the strike began, the players association issued a statement in support of the workers.

(The archbishop of Milwaukee and players for the Green Bay Packers have also come out in support of the workers).

In recent months, local religious organizations and community groups have written to the company in support of the workers, many of whom have been with the lumberyard for decades.

More than 150 hotel workers and their supporters were arrested on Thursday afternoon in front of the Park Hyatt in Chicago as they demonstrated in support of the workers in Boston.

Mayoral candidates, including Christine C. Quinn, Bill de Blasio, William C. Thompson Jr., and John C. Liu, plan to attend rallies in support of the workers, including one at Union Square at 3 p.m.

Yet the Mets earned another measure of achievement when they were vocal in support of the rescue workers by wearing their caps for the final weeks of the season.

His life, and the future of Poland, took a striking turn when he and Tadeusz Mazowiecki, a future prime minister, drove to Gdansk in August 1980 with a statement signed by 64 leading intellectuals in support of the striking workers at the famous Lenin Shipyard.

On April 3 , 1968 at the Mason Temple in Memphis, TN, in support of the sanitation workers' strike against the city of Memphis, in his last public speech and the day before his death, Dr. King told those assembled on that historic occasion: "I've been to the mountaintop..

A crowd of protesters gathered outside the Saudi embassy in Jakarta displaying banners and T-shirts in support of the executed worker.

When I focused, I found myself very grateful for the opportunity to lend my body in support of these workers.