Government Quote by Gisela Stuart

Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not…

— Andy Stern

If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best of both…

— Plato

Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history; trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating for the…

— Zygmunt Bauman

In the 1980s, I had a lot of films, documentaries for television, which were about why the trade unions had failed to organize resistance…

— Ken Loach

There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union or goes…

— George Orwell

Everybody is entitled to believe. Churches have exactly the same right to exist as a football club, a trade union or a political party.…

— A.C. Grayling

The functionaries of our political organizations and trade unions are corrupted -- or rather tend to be corrupted -- by the conditions of capitalism…

— Vladimir Lenin

The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force…

— David Blunkett

GLHR... has used Greenpeace-style media antics to draw more public attention to the plight of sweatshop workers than the multimillion - dollar international trade…

— Naomi Klein

When it comes to jobs, investment, growth, security and our influence in the world we are clearly stronger in Europe. But we are also…

— Hilary Benn

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into…

— Clara Zetkin