Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our place child labor and raw immigrant girls who would work for next to nothing. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
... it is the spirit of trade unionism that is most important, the service of fellowship, the feeling that the hurt of one is… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
