Despised Quote by A. Philip Randolph

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social…

— Samuel Gompers

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.

— Pope Francis

“A labor union is revolutionary in fact. It is not the expressed desire to change the world; it is the change already embodied if…

— Frank Tannenbaum

Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting…

— Eugene V. Debs

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat.

— George Bernard Shaw

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an…

— Leon Jouhaux

Trade unions have stood at the front lines of struggles for democratic change and social justice throughout history. In many countries, we are the…

— Sharan Burrow

The trade unions are a long-established and essential part of our national life. We take our stand by these pillars of our British society…

— Winston Churchill

I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.

— Charles Kennedy

The labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together, made them members one of another, and given them…

— John F. Kennedy

The union movement has achieved a huge amount in the past century or so. It has secured important rights at work, tackled unfair discrimination…

— Hilary Benn