“To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a great cause that created fellowship. You wanted the girl or the man who worked beside you to be treated just as well as you were, and an injury to one was the concern of all.” MenWayWellsWantedSpiritualGirlCausesSidesMovementHe ManHigherConcernLaborTreatedInjuryWagesFellowshipGetting HighBeside YouLabor Movement Book:All for one Source: All for one
“After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.” MenYearsGirlThreeLostHe ManNeededAdvantageOrganizationDawnOrganizedBossMakersThree YearsCaps Author:Rose Schneiderman
“The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it matters little if 146 of us are burned to death.” IfsMenLittlesMatterJobsMen And WomenSacredPropertyBurned Author:Rose Schneiderman