Action Quote by Howard Zinn

The only thing workers have to bargain with is their skill or their labor. Denied the right to withhold it as a last resort,…

— Paul Clark

That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer-even though it…

— Peter Drucker

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at…

— Frances O'Grady

Strike not for a few cents more an hour, because the price of living will be raised faster still, but strike for all you…

— Lucy Parsons

“Government and unions have negotiated a minimum service to be maintained during strikes.”

— Tim Parks

Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable injustice and…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“From 1949 onward, any discussion of strike action was considered an “antidemocratic” crime against the state, and workers could be expelled from the party…

— Anne Applebaum

Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike. But now,…

— Lynn Nottage

All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only…

— Mary Heaton Vorse

I understand why there is a push for an automated strike zone. However, I do think there would be some unintended consequences of having…

— Max Scherzer

“Nearly all the laws which were originally framed with the intention of benefiting the workers, have either turned into weapons in their enemies’ hands,…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Right to Work laws give workers a choice. Choice creates competition and competition breeds success. Forced unionization creates a monopoly, which only leads to…

— Tommy Tuberville