Arbeiterbewegung / Labor Movement Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages über Arbeiterbewegung / Labor Movement:

All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement. Rose Schneiderman

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.

Barack Obama

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

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

Wendell Phillips

I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers and how the labor movement is structured.

Andy Stern

My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies.

Holly Near

I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.

A. Philip Randolph

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war.

Hjalmar Branting

The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for all workers?

Andy Stern

The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt.

Mary Harris Jones

So May 4th in the labor movement has always been an important date.

William Kunstler

All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement.

Rose Schneiderman

Instead of focusing on attacking unions and the labor movement, we need to find ways to strengthen and empower workers so we can put more money in the pockets of middle class families.

Mike Quigley

From its onset, the labor movement has been at the forefront of the fight to improve working conditions and workplace safety. At the local level, knowing their union has their back gives workers the confidence and support they need to stand up and report harassment, poor working conditions, or workplace safety violations.

Jan Schakowsky

The labor movement is our brother's keeper! The labor movement is our sister's keeper!

Tom Perez

The modern labor movement that began around the mid-19th century has given us many of the basic working rights that we now take for granted.

Mike Quigley