Sentence examples for union advocate from inspiring English sources

They joined the movement after Jim's father, a union advocate, was abducted by the military during the Marcos years.

Fred Judd, a union advocate from Brooklyn and a fervent backer of Mrs. Clinton, said her connection to the president is one of her pluses.

Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Mrs. Clinton's most outspoken union advocate, also defended her.

Ms. Gillard, 48, a former lawyer and labor union advocate, became the country's first female prime minister in June after she ousted the once popular Kevin Rudd in a sudden mutiny that shocked the country.

To protest the firing of Mr. Powell and another FreshDirect worker, Loreto Gomez, who was also a union advocate, the Teamsters held a rally on Sept. 28 in front of the company's warehouse.

The decision to pull the bill is a surprising about-face for Gonzalez, who rose to her position in the legislature through the labor movement and is a staunch union advocate.

The union advocates, in turn, hope to use the campaign to unionize carwash workers across the city, most of whom are immigrants.

But some union advocates are optimistic.

Union advocates on the team have been much quieter.

Meanwhile, just as civil union advocates had wanted to show, the sky here has not fallen.

"I see tremendous potential in having somebody who was president of a local teachers' union advocating on behalf of policies that other unions are fighting against bitterly".