Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . . There is not a… — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
“Socialists have advocated numerous ways of democratizing the economy, from setting up worker cooperatives to nationalizing major industries... At the core of… — Nathan J. Robinson Copy Share Image
No business which depends for existence on paying *less than living wages* to its workers has any right to continue in this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic… — George Meany Copy Share Image
It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The only thing workers have to bargain with is their skill or their labor. Denied the right to withhold it as a… — Paul Clark Copy Share Image
Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Labor union members, especially white men, are the target group for Donald Trump. He's had a lot of success in getting their… — Susan Page Copy Share Image
“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany Copy Share Image
“A home where a woman is abused is a small-scale model of much larger oppressive systems that work in remarkably similar ways.… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Strong responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Any Hamas or Zionist type who tries to interfere with the labor unions and grab the money will be marched to the… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than… — Jimmy Hoffa Copy Share Image
If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“The Wagner Act, or National Labor Relations Act, was passed in reaction to the Supreme Court’s voidance of NRA and its labor… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy. — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
The fight against Germany has now been waged for months by every Jewish community, on every conference, in all labor unions and… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky Copy Share Image
