Quotes by Labour Movement 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 labour-movement essence uplifting Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. Adam Smith labor-day labour-movement money Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. Adam Smith labor-day labour-movement firsts I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement. Astrid Lindgren another-life pioneers labour-movement Ive been really clear that my first job as leader of the Labour Party and co-leader of the labour movement is to engage with our base. David Cunliffe labour-movement party jobs Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun. Eugene V. Debs thug labour-movement political Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission of emancipating the workers of the world from the thraldom of the ages is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun. Eugene V. Debs organized-labor labour-movement realization The British Labour movement is today, and for many years has been, working in a narrow circle of strikes that are looked upon, not as an expedient, and not as a means of propaganda, but as an ultimate aim. Friedrich Engels labour-movement circles mean Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back the wheels of progress, would destroy the oncoming unity of the Irish labour movement and paralyse all advanced movements while it lasted. James Connolly betrayal labour-movement mean United we stand, divided we fall is one of the oldest and truest slogans of the Labour movement. Jeremy Corbyn united labour-movement fall The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak. John L. Lewis labour-movement strong principles The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America. John F. Kennedy presidential labour-movement america If a Labour movement, on a bourgeois basis, has hitherto existed in the country where the new movement is awakening it will certainly not disappear all at once. Karl Radek labour-movement awakening country In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country. Karl Radek labour-movement party country 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. Martin Luther King, Jr. labour-movement simple teacher Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General. Neil Kinnock labour-movement war world Is Tony Blair of the Labour party? The answer to that is profoundly 'yes', but that is not how, sentimentally, he is regarded in the Labour movement generally. Neil Kinnock labour-movement party answers The deliberate weakening of the labour movement by the machinations of market fundamentalists, gaining momentum during the periods when Margaret Thatcher led the United Kingdom and Ronald Reagan governed in the United States, contributed to the decline of human rights. Richard A. Falk labour-movement kingdoms rights I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set up to assist the fledgling labour movement. It was not a company, nor a statutory board, nor a government department - in fact it did not exist at all as a legal entity. Thus in slightly unorthodox circumstances I became part of that struggle. S. R. Nathan labour-movement government struggle The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. Wendell Phillips labour-movement mean people 12»
