Mr. Tasini, a labor advocate, said that his campaign had been told the resolution could be submitted the day before the convention.

She was a labor advocate and a supporter of women's rights.

The minimum wage will increase by 45 cents an hour on Monday, to $4.25, but labor advocates are pressing for more.

Here, as in many other countries, labor advocates say the problem is made worse by the government's cozy ties with factory owners.

A labor advocate who distributed leaflets encouraging workers to form free unions got 15 years.

It would probably be hard to find five businessmen in China who want to see labor advocates released from prison.

Many labor advocates, after years of fighting farmers for wage and hour protections, find themselves in an uneasy alliance with their old foes.

Beginning as a professional athlete's labor advocate in the late 1970s and 1980s, he has transition to the role of counselor of the team owners.

Colleagues said the three were in Vietnam to meet with Chinese labor advocates.

While both candidates were labor advocates with similar backgrounds, Lynch described himself as "the conservative candidate".