Active Quote by Clara Zetkin

“Women’s role in the development of trade unions has been significant and yet underrecognised.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in…

— Florence Kelley

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong…

— Warren Beatty

The image of the unions is still not in tune with where we actually are, which is fifty-fifty men and women, with an increasing…

— Frances O'Grady

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from…

— Clara Zetkin

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights…

— Barbara Castle

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.

— Sheryl Sandberg

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

— Jason Kander

Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social…

— Samuel Gompers

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

— Hilda Solis

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

— Jeremy Corbyn