The history of America has been largely created by the deeds of its working people and their organizations--there is scarcely an issue that is not influenced by labor’s organized efforts or lack of them.— William Cahn, Labor historian
There are two Americas. One of them is really crazy.--Robert Cantor, commenter on Huffington Post (4/7/11)
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?— George Carlin, comedian
The Union is not a fee-for-service organization, it is a family.—Sue Carney, APWU Director of Human Relations
At the core, labor unions (we) are working men and women, unified as one force. Despite any personal differences that may exist between us, we have banded together to protect and improve the lives of workers. We rise up together for the greater good. We defend one another like family.—Sue Carney, APWU, 2014
Every advance in this half-century--Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another--came with the support and leadership of American Labor.—Jimmy Carter
While our soldiers fight overseas' to instill freedom and rights, stand on the battlefields of home and fight to keep them!—Mark Case, APWU Local 277, Western North Carolina, addressing local unions and community allies on September 27, 2011
Diplomacy is saying 'nice doggy' until you find a rock.—Wyn Catlin
Management doesn't seem to understand the importance of the human factor.-- Charles, Prince of Wales
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Cesar Chavez
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.— Cesar Chavez
The people united will never be defeated.— Cesar Chavez
You are never strong enough that you don't need help.— Cesar Chavez
Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything -- even our lives -- in our struggle for justice.— Cesar Chavez
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.— Cesar Chavez
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.— Cesar Chavez
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.— Cesar Chavez
The people united will never be defeated.— Cesar Chavez
You are never strong enough that you don't need help.— Cesar Chavez
Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything -- even our lives -- in our struggle for justice.— Cesar Chavez
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.— Cesar Chavez
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.— Cesar Chavez
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.— Cesar Chavez
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Sir Winston Churchill
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. —Chinese Proverb
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.— Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.—Noam Chomsky
Labor Unions are the leading force for democratization and progress.—Noam Chomsky
I don't know what word in the English language - I can't find one - applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets; the word "evil" doesn't even begin to approach it.—Noam Chomsky
Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but diamond necklaces are cheaper in elegant New York shops, thanks to the miracle of the market.—Noam Chomsky
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.—Sir Winston Churchill
We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst--and we will do our best.—Sir Winston Churchill
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.—Sir Winston Churchill
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.—Sir Winston Churchill
The only thing workers have to bargain with is their skill or their labor. Denied the right to withhold it as a last resort, they become powerless. The strike is therefore not a breakdown of collective bargaining-it is the indispensable cornerstone of that process.— Paul Clark, 1989
If you ever saw a cat and a dog eating out of the same plate, you can bet your ass it was the cat’s food.— Congressman William Clay
If you object to unfair treatment, you're an ingrate. If you seek equity and fair consideration, you're uppity. If you demand union security, you're un-American. If you rebel against repressive management tactics, they will lynch and scalp you. But if you are passive and patient, they will take advantage of both.— Congressman William Clay, Sr., speaking to the AFL-CIO Federation of Government Employees, 1975
You must start with the premise that you have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests.— Congressman William Clay, Sr.
I have no intention of representing those powerful interests who walk over powerless people.— Congressman William Clay, Sr.
You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.—Eldridge Cleaver
The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.—William Cobbett
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.—Frank Moore Colby
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.— Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.—Noam Chomsky
Labor Unions are the leading force for democratization and progress.—Noam Chomsky
I don't know what word in the English language - I can't find one - applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets; the word "evil" doesn't even begin to approach it.—Noam Chomsky
Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but diamond necklaces are cheaper in elegant New York shops, thanks to the miracle of the market.—Noam Chomsky
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.—Sir Winston Churchill
We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst--and we will do our best.—Sir Winston Churchill
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.—Sir Winston Churchill
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.—Sir Winston Churchill
The only thing workers have to bargain with is their skill or their labor. Denied the right to withhold it as a last resort, they become powerless. The strike is therefore not a breakdown of collective bargaining-it is the indispensable cornerstone of that process.— Paul Clark, 1989
If you ever saw a cat and a dog eating out of the same plate, you can bet your ass it was the cat’s food.— Congressman William Clay
If you object to unfair treatment, you're an ingrate. If you seek equity and fair consideration, you're uppity. If you demand union security, you're un-American. If you rebel against repressive management tactics, they will lynch and scalp you. But if you are passive and patient, they will take advantage of both.— Congressman William Clay, Sr., speaking to the AFL-CIO Federation of Government Employees, 1975
You must start with the premise that you have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests.— Congressman William Clay, Sr.
I have no intention of representing those powerful interests who walk over powerless people.— Congressman William Clay, Sr.
You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.—Eldridge Cleaver
The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.—William Cobbett
I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.—Frank Moore Colby
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Graef Crystal
The superior person understands rightness; the inferior person understands profit.— Confucius
Concessionary bargaining destroys the power of a union in the same way that cancer destroys the body.--Shamus Cooke
When the unions declare their independence by raising their demands in a unified and coordinated manner, as they are beginning to do, it will mean that a formal political independence is not far off.--Shamus Cooke
Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.—US Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?—Elvis Costello, singer/songwriter
Too many people live their life by a clock instead of a compass.—Stephen Covey, author (1/6/05)
Be a light, not a judge; Be a model, not a critic.—Stephen Covey, author
Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.—William Cowper
Plato told Aristotle no one should make more than five times the pay of the lowest member of society. J.P. Morgan said 20 times. Jesus advocated a negative differential -- that's why they killed him.—Graef Crystal (1998)
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.— John Philpot Curran
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.—Marie Currie
Concessionary bargaining destroys the power of a union in the same way that cancer destroys the body.--Shamus Cooke
When the unions declare their independence by raising their demands in a unified and coordinated manner, as they are beginning to do, it will mean that a formal political independence is not far off.--Shamus Cooke
Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.—US Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?—Elvis Costello, singer/songwriter
Too many people live their life by a clock instead of a compass.—Stephen Covey, author (1/6/05)
Be a light, not a judge; Be a model, not a critic.—Stephen Covey, author
Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.—William Cowper
Plato told Aristotle no one should make more than five times the pay of the lowest member of society. J.P. Morgan said 20 times. Jesus advocated a negative differential -- that's why they killed him.—Graef Crystal (1998)
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.— John Philpot Curran
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.—Marie Currie