“If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.” IfsMenBelieveHelpingPoliticalOrderFightingPoliticsI BelieveInterestCommonLeaderPolicyTradeUnionsBoundsI Believe InEmployeeFactoriesRailroadsWorkmenCommon Interests Book:Bully! Source: Bully!
“The organized labor movement as it is constituted today is as much a concomitant of a capitalist economy as is capital. Organized labor is predicated upon the basic premise of collective bargaining between employers and employees. This premise can obtain only for an employer-employee type of society. If the labor movement is to maintain its own identity and security, it must of necessity protect that kind of society.” IfsKindTodayPoliticsEconomySecurityMovementIdentityTypeProtectLaborOrganizedLiberalismEmployeeCollectivesCapitalistEmployersPremisesBargainingLabor MovementOrganized LaborCollective BargainingCapitalist Economy Book:Reveille for Radicals Source: Reveille for Radicals
“We felt that the employees would take a greater interest in work if they felt they were part of the company.” IfsWisdomPoliticsFeltInterestCompanyEconomyGreaterLiberalismEmployee Author:William Redington Hewlett
“One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans with greater responsibility sharing... Trade unions in this country should... consider these arrangements much more carefully than they have up to now... Expanded employee profit participation and stock ownership would provide workers with a greater measure of economic and social independence, thus stimulating increased productivity.” WayShouldCountryWisdomJobsPoliticsSocialResponsibilityEconomyGreaterPlansEconomicInvolvedIndependenceTradeUnionsWorkersProfitProductivityLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipArrangementsProvenParticipationTrade UnionsProfit Sharing Author:Jacob K. Javits
“Just as important, we need a new dedication to opening avenues for employee participation and motivation through profit-sharing and innovative programs of job enrichment.” NeedsImportantJobsMotivationPoliticsEconomyProgramProfitOpeningLiberalismEmployeeDedicationParticipationInnovativeAvenuesEnrichmentProfit Sharing Author:Charles H. Percy
“Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is "Employee Stock Ownership Program," or ESOP.” WellsStatesWisdomPoliticsNamesCompanyKnownEconomyProgramWorkersVariousTechniqueLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipMonopolyEsops Author:Ronald Reagan
“Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.” IfsWayMeanWisdomFoundPoliticsGrowthTermPayCompanyEconomySuccessfulHappenedEconomicApproachCommitmentProductionsLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipDeficiencyEconomic SystemsMoraleDividendsFuture GrowthEsops Author:John D. Rockefeller
“Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work.” ImportantPoliticsDealsEffortEconomyProgramLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipParticipationPowerlessness Author:Daniel Yankelovich