There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for… — Barbara Castle Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, I had a lot of films, documentaries for television, which were about why the trade unions had failed to… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Where I come from, from a very different point of view, it's a Labour heartland, it's a trade union heartland, and I'll… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
“Trade unions resisted computerization in banks till the first decade of this millennium as they feared the machines would replace them and… — Tamal Bandopadhyaya Copy Share Image
At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
Our people need Labour party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite. As leader it is my continued commitment to dedicate our… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“Do you still believe i public opinion? Well let me tell you public opinion is a gimmick thought up by the English… — Antonio Tabucci Copy Share Image
Trade unions have stood at the front lines of struggles for democratic change and social justice throughout history. In many countries, we… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
We have a series of regular meetings with South African business. Big business. Black business. Agriculture. As well, of course, with the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
From a genuine living wage to a mass housebuilding programme and strong workers' and trade unions rights preventing a race to the… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
I love the academy in terms of the life of the mind and the world of ideas. I also love the streets.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Communism claimed to represent the working class, but banned trade unions, collective bargaining, and the right to strike. Walesa chose to attach… — Alexandre Havard Copy Share Image
I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
“They call themselves conservatives but that’s not it, either. They don’t want to conserve what we now have. They’d rather take the… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
“In his pocket he kept a poem written by Martin Niemöller, who had lived in Nazi Germany. First they came for the… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“Economic insatiability is as old as money itself, but it has been greatly exacerbated by the institutions of capitalism. Today, it is… — Edward Skidelsky Robert Skidelsky Copy Share Image
“The trade union members who formed themselves into militias and chased the Fascists back to Saragossa in the first few weeks of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
Managing the other fellow's business is a fascinating game. Trade unionists all over the country have pronounced ideas for the reform of… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone’s malignity. When prices rise, it is due to the profiteer; when wages… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate… — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
There are established processes of consultation between the Government, the parastatals and the trade unions, which have worked in the past. And… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history; trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
GLHR... has used Greenpeace-style media antics to draw more public attention to the plight of sweatshop workers than the multimillion - dollar… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected,… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
I think the business community is smart enough to realise that just having a trade union is not enough. They are smart… — Marjorie Scardino Copy Share Image
The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action,… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press,… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
The Left forces have a strong and growing presence in universities, youth organizations, and among trade unions and farmer organizations... This strength… — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is a great worker, not a 'trade unionist.' He is a great worker, and He works in us, always.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that this government and this country are benefiting from the reforms that we brought in the 1980s, and… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
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