“What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.” InspirationalSpiritOrderAttitudePsychologySocietyEconomicMinutesAchieveRevolutionVictoryGainsAdvantageLaborWorkersFeministRevolutionaryLabourLastingTemporaryCentsBack To WorkOrganized Labor Author:Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
“As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did it. He can repeat it again and again and again. He can be depended on.” KnowsMayFeelingsActorsInterestLosesKnow HowAchieveEffectsFineLaborWorkersAccidentsGenuineOccasionsRepeatsSuspectsGesturesNot InterestedAgain And AgainAccentsOutburstRare Occasion Author:Minnie Maddern Fiske
“As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective of nationality, must be united. Clearly, the demolition of national barriers and close unity between the Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Polish, Jewish and other proletarians is a necessary condition for the victory of the proletariat of all Russia.” IfsKnowsGoalUnitedStruggleAchieveConditionsVictoryUnityWorkersRussiaBarriersPolishNationalityProletariatArmeniansDemolitionGeorgians Author:Joseph Stalin
“Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.” KnowsHumansAbleSpiritAbilityAchieveWorkersToilHuman SpiritLatent Book:Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom Source: Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom
“We can achieve the utmost in economies by engineering knowledge; we can conquer new fields by research; we can build plants and machines that shall stand among the wonders of the world; but unless we put the right man in the right place-unless we make it possible for our workers and executives alike to enjoy a sense of satisfaction in their jobs, our efforts will have been in vain.” MenWorldHas BeensJobsEnjoyEffortWonderEconomyAchieveFieldsResearchMachinesPlantWorkersSatisfactionConquerVainExecutivesEngineeringRight PlaceRight ManWonder Of The World Author:Edward Stettinius, Jr.
“Fast food also has a uniquely difficult business structure for workers to achieve better wages and working conditions.” DifficultAchieveConditionsStructureWorkersWagesFast FoodWorking Conditions Author:David Rolf
“I have always said to workers that they have to work hard, to produce more and better. In Chile, we need to achieve an average annual income of US$2,000, and to do that we need to increase production.” NeedsSaidHardAchieveProduceHard WorkIncreaseWorkersAverageProductionsIncomeAnnualsChile Author:Salvador Allende
“One reason that might motivate a worker to accept a riskier job at higher pay, for example, would be that doing so would enable him to bid more effectively for a house in a better school district. But if other workers did likewise, none would achieve the goal they were striving for.” IfsReasonMightWould BeSchoolJobsHouseGoalPayAcceptingAchieveExampleHigherStriveWorkersSchool Districts Author:Robert H. Frank