19th century Quote by David Blunkett

Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting…

— Eugene V. Debs

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

— Jeremy Corbyn

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden,…

— A. Philip Randolph

From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor,…

— Leland Stanford

The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then.

— Fritz Sauckel

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.

— Pope Francis

Trade unions have stood at the front lines of struggles for democratic change and social justice throughout history. In many countries, we are the…

— Sharan Burrow

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

— Kevin O'Leary

“Britain's earlier development of strong and widespread labor unions, which were able to restrict the application of new technology, both directly and by appropriating…

— Thomas Sowell

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent…

— Lech Walesa

When the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century brought a rapid increase in wealth, the demand of workers for a fair share of the…

— John Boyd Orr

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