You have got to
You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours. Eugene V. Debs
Labor Union
When I rise it
When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks. Eugene V. Debs
If you go to
If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of Congress, and misrepresentatives of the masses – you will find that almost all of them claim, in glowing terms, that they have risen … Read more
What can Labor do
What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command. Eugene V. Debs
Historically, labor unions arose
Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihood and had gotten into a fix they couldn’t get out of – because they had accepted the unacceptable to begin with. Accepting something you have to form a labor … Read more
The labor movement has
The labor movement has a great role to play in our country today. Eleanor Roosevelt
Power concedes nothing without
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass
It is to the
It is to the real advantage of every producer, every manufacturer and every merchant to cooperate in the improvement of working conditions, because the best customer of American industry is the well-paid worker. Franklin D. Roosevelt
If I went to
If I went to work in a factory the first thing I’d do is join a union. Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is one of
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. Franklin D. Roosevelt