Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. — Susan B. Anthony
United we stand, divided we fall; Union is strength. — Italian Proverbs
The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish. — Samuel Gompers
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor. — A. Philip Randolph
We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole. — Edward Heath
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
United we stand, divided we fall is one of the oldest and truest slogans of the Labour movement. — Jeremy Corbyn
You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours. — Eugene V. Debs
Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. — James Buchanan
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak. — John L. Lewis
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. — Samuel Gompers
In a political struggle of class against class, organization of trade unions is the most important weapon. — Friedrich Engels
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. — Eugene V. Debs
Solidarity Quotes
When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness. — Malcolm X
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. — Mark Twain
We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity. — Fred Hampton
The people united will never be defeated. — Cesar Chavez
You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity. — Bobby Seale
Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people. — Lal Bahadur Shastri
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective. The foremost of these objectives is to aid the development of humanity to the highest level possible. — Samora Machel
The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the carving knife and serving dish; we are the fish and the meat. — Sun Yat-sen
Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other. — Starhawk
My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing. — Mother Jones
There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood. — Walter Reuther
There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls. — Walter Reuther
One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts. — Molly Ivins
If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men and women to capitalize their labor. — Frank Lloyd Wright
When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows. — John Sweeney
Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie-labor is fighting for a larger pie. — Walter Reuther
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. — Wendell Phillips
Labor # Unions are the leading force for # democratization and # progress . — Noam Chomsky
By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that they never had any intention of restoring one of the most elemental human rights the right to belong to a free trade union. — Ronald Reagan
Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. — Georgios A. Papandreou
When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks. — Eugene V. Debs
As long as this great army of workers is scattered among so many craft unions, it will be impossible for them to unite and act in harmony together. Craft unionism is the negation of solidarity. The more unions you have, the less unity. — Eugene V. Debs
With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. — Clarence Darrow
Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity. — Dalia Grybauskaite
The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity. — Herbert Hoover
The vast majority of people support the idea of an enlightened, modern union of countries demonstrating solidarity. Film director Wim Wenders recently summed up the problem to me very well. He said the idea of Europe has become an administration, and now people think that the administration is the idea. But that doesn't mean we should give up on the idea - it means we should change the administration. — Martin Schulz
Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. — George Papandreou
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