“Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are mutual. They ought to be able to act together as one. But they divide according to craft and calling, and if you were to propose today to unite them that they might actually do something to advance their collective and individual interests as workers, you would be opposed by every grand officer of these organizations.”
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was a prominent American political leader born on November 5, 1855, and died on October 20, 1926. He was a steadfast socialist and ran for the presidency of the United States four times. more
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