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title: "4 Union Leader Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Union Leader quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Union Leader sayings and thoughts."
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> [I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/i-am-an-organizer-not-a-union-leader-a-good-organizer-has-to-work/)

[Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/cesar-chavez-2137_exchanging_i-am-an-organizer-not-a-union-leader-a-g_1272235.png)

> [The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers' conditions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/the-whole-time-i-was-a-union-leader-we-had-to-put-up-with-john-howard/)

[Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/bill-shorten-14126_attacking_the-whole-time-i-was-a-union-leader-we-h_1704698.jpg)

> [When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-chidambaram/when-i-came-back-to-india-after-harvard-business-school-i-started-as/)

[P. Chidambaram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-chidambaram/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/p-chidambaram-16642_back_when-i-came-back-to-india-after-harvard_2526940.png)

> [What I've done as a union leader and what literally thousands of other union representatives do, is make sure that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/what-i-ve-done-as-a-union-leader-and-what-literally-thousands-of/)

[Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/bill-shorten-14126_done_what-i-ve-done-as-a-union-leader-and-wha_2758486.jpg)

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