John Sweeney Quotes

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• Hard-working immigrant workers in this country deserve a real path to citizenship as a part of comprehensive immigration reform...We will continue to work with the…
• I think the greedy corporate owners have to be confronted with the fact that they are ignoring their most powerful resource - their workers.
• Safety is a basic human need. People with a sense of security and belonging are stabilized for learning, creating, innovating. A group of wonderfully cared…
• The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.
• There is a growing consensus that Globalization must now be reshaped to reflect values broader than simply the freedom of capital.
• Clearly, the Global Economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United…
• We can no longer allow multi-nationalists to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.
• As it has over the decades, the union movement stands for the fundamental moral values that make America strong: quality education for our children, affordable…
• When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.
• Because of GLHR's crusades... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who…
• The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease…
• We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.
• People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.
• Why should a company like Wal-Mart - who made $10 billion last year alone - be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for…
• The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.
• There had to be something else out there that would help me change. I wanted to live.
• We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.
• Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

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