Sentence examples for workers advocate from inspiring English sources

For Debbie Berkowitz a lifelong workers' advocate, currently at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in Washington, DC, this was a watershed moment.

He also spoke up for Andy Hall, the British migrant workers' advocate, who faces an eight-year jail sentence for defamation after writing a report alleging labour abuses within the Thai pineapple wholesaler, the Natural Fruit Company.

Lech Walesa was easily re-elected chairman of Solidarity today, and he pledged to continue the union movement's sometimes-conflicting roles as workers' advocate and supporter of Poland's new democratic Government.

Chuck Hame, a BP workers advocate who had first notified the press of the leaks, was quoted as saying that they "appreciated Bob Malone's good sense to shut in those leaking wells that pose the most danger to the work force".

By coming together, workers advocate for better pay and benefits, as well as improved working conditions and greater safety on the job.

Many non-Catholic health care workers advocate condoms as an important weapon to fight the spread of the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

But the demand has taken a toll on many salon workers, advocates for the workers said.

That lopsided ratio handicaps the next generation of American workers, advocates for children say.

The private deportation failed after workers' advocates organized a protest at the shipyard gates.

Chicago had been a center for workers advocating an 8-hour work day.

For union leaders and workers' advocates, raising the minimum wage is a no-brainer.