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“If the workers are organized, all they have to do is to put their hands in their pockets and they have got the capitalist class whipped.”

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Bill Haywood

Bill Haywood, born on February 4, 1869, and died on May 18, 1928, was a historically influential figure whose profession and category remain unknown. more

“We must elevate the craft, protect its interests, advance wages, reduce the hours of labor, spread correct economic doctrines and cultivate a spirit of fraternity among the working people regardless of creed, color, nationality or politics. These principles are the foundation principles of our organization.”

“One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.”

“Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.”

Giving Long Matter Fighting Giving Up Tough Labor Quitting Odds Never Giving Up Never Quit Labor Union

Author:George Meany

“For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble and necessary to the common weal, has no assurance that it will sustain him while he stands ready to practice it, or keep him out of the poorhouse when illness or age makes him idle.”

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Author:H. L. Mencken

“I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in this country really face the problems that people who are pushed to the point of striking know all about, but others know practically nothing about.”

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Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“The labor movement has a great role to play in our country today.”

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Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“The internal and external ethics of an organization must be the same; you cannot talk about minimum wages for poor people and not pay minimum wages to your own workers.”

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Author:Aruna Roy

“I'm scared of the unknown future.”

Scared Unknown Future

Author:Bethenny Frankel

“What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.”

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Author:Juan Somavia

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