Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped.
Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor.
The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.
What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.
The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak.
The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.
The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike. The oligarchs were furious because the working class was not supposed to have any power at all.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.
When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.
Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.
One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.
Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided.
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