“The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers' conditions. I'm proud of being a moderate trade union official, working co-operatively between employees and employers. I'm interested in better wages for workers, better safety, job security, and, profitable companies, because I understand that if you get co-operation in the workplace, everyone wins.” IfsWholeJobsWinningCompanyLeaderConditionsSecurityProudSafetyTradeUnionsWorkersOperationsOfficialsEmployeeWorkplaceWagesModeratesEmployersAttackingProfitableTrade UnionsEmployees And Employers Author:Bill Shorten
“One of the most intensely unlikeable figures of the twentieth century, fanatical anti-Semite, enemy of labour unions and proud recipient of medals from Nazi Germany, where Hitler held him in veneration, Henry Ford was also an employer who paid his workers more than his competitors, an innovator who pioneered the assembly line and a visionary whose part in the creation of the twentieth century was so great that Aldous Huxley, in his Brave New World, prefigured a society whose calendar was divided into BF and AF-Before Ford and After Ford.” WorldLinesEnemyCenturyFiguresCreationProudPaidBraveUnionsWorkersGermanyLabourDividedNew WorldNaziCompetitorsMedalEmployersTwentieth CenturyVisionariesAssemblyCalendarsInnovatorsNazi GermanyVenerationBrave New WorldHuxleyAssembly Line Author:Stephen Fry
“I would love to have the endorsement of every progressive organization in America. We're very proud to have received recently the endorsement of MoveOn.org. We've received the endorsement Democracy for America. These are grassroots organizations representing millions of workers.” AmericaMillionsDemocracyProudOrganizationWorkersProgressiveRepresentingEndorsementsGrassroots Author:Bernie Sanders
“Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.” HomeAmericaUnitedPowerfulClassMiddleProudBlueWorkersMiddle ClassCollarsMichiganBlue CollarEscalatorsChryslerHome BaseBlue Collar Workers Author:Kevin O'Leary