Obama camp woos working women voters with family relief plan

As the expansion of the current Family and Medical Leave Act, the 12-page plan is aimed at assuring working women with time off to care for a baby or elder parents and requiring employers to provide workers with pay on sick days, among others.

Biden, making his public debut as vice president candidate at the national convention, accused President George W. Bush's government of giving working women and their families eight tough years and promised to fix the damages if Obama is elected the next president.

"We will also stand with women and help working families on every issue from jobs and wages to health care and retirement savings," he said.

With a little more than two months to go before the November election day, Obama is still struggling to win over the blue-collar and women voters who used to be the supporter base for his formal rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Recent polls showed that about 27 percent of Clinton's supporters said they would vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November, and about 20 percent others remained undecided.

The 4-day Democratic National Convention began on Monday through Thursday in Denver, Colorado, where Obama and Biden will accept their nominations.

Editor:Gao Jia