Collective bargaining Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“You ask yourself: where are your dreams now? And you shake your head and say how swiftly the years fly by! And you ask…

— Dostoevsky

Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement to this…

— John F. Kennedy

The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change…

— Andy Stern

The organized labor movement as it is constituted today is as much a concomitant of a capitalist economy as is capital. Organized labor is…

— Saul Alinsky

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

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,…

— John F. Kennedy

...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare…

— Cesar Chavez

The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of the various categories of workers, their lawful collaboration in…

— Pope Paul VI

As it has over the decades, the union movement stands for the fundamental moral values that make America strong: quality education for our children,…

— John Sweeney