Labor Union Quotes

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Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and… — A. Philip Randolph
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
The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott… — Cesar Chavez
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism.… — Cesar Chavez
...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare office.… — Cesar Chavez
We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and… — Arthur C. Brooks
Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the… — Ralph Raico
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays… — Michael Parenti
The fight against Germany has now been waged for months by every Jewish community, on every conference, in all labor unions and by every single… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians… — Thomas Sowell
Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they… — John F. Kennedy
I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working… — Dick Gephardt
From the moment the organizer enters a community he lives, dreams... only one thing and that is to build the mass power base of what… — Saul Alinsky
Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers. — Jerry Falwell
Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment. — Bonnie Raitt
I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship. — Bill de Blasio
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Labor #â€Ž Unions are the leading force for #â€Ž democratization and #â€Ž progress . — Noam Chomsky
In my college years, I worked as a union labor organizer. I was just one of the many workers trying to do my part to… — Jimmy Smits

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