I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights. — Gisela Stuart Copy Share Image
“Women’s role in the development of trade unions has been significant and yet underrecognised.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
There's no point in just hankering for the big trade unions of the 1950s or '60s. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In a political struggle of class against class, organization of trade unions is the most important weapon. — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
I spent 20 years working for the trade union movement before becoming a Labour MP. I'm proud to have done both jobs. — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade… — Bob Gunton Copy Share Image
Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking… — Earl Browder Copy Share Image
This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and… — Lech Walesa 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
There are plenty of people who don't want change - the Labour Party, some of their militant trade union friends like Unite… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
“They came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the trade… — Pastor Martin Neimoller 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
It does so happen to be the case that if the freedom of the people of this country - and especially the… — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are… — Zhang Xin 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
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 came for the communists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a communist; Then they came for… — Martin Niemoeller Copy Share Image
Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with… — Eugene V. Debs 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
No general description of the mode of advance of human knowledge can be just which leaves out of account the social aspect… — Charles Sanders Peirce 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
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
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
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
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
