To be free, the workers must have choice. To have choice they must retain in their own hands the right to determine under what conditions they will work.
One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused,… - Samuel Gompers
One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused,…
- Samuel Gompers
The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a … - Samuel Gompers
The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a …
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion. - Samuel Gompers
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. - Samuel Gompers
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are … - Samuel Gompers
The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are …
Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . . There is not a right too long denied to which we do not a… - Samuel Gompers
Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . . There is not a right too long denied to which we do not a…
Workingmen are at the foundation of society. Show me that product of human endeavor in the making of which the workingman has had no share, and I wil… - Samuel Gompers
Workingmen are at the foundation of society. Show me that product of human endeavor in the making of which the workingman has had no share, and I wil…
All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and p… - Samuel Gompers
All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and p…
Our mission has been the protection of the wage-worker, now; to increase his wages; to cut hours off the long workday, which was killing him; to impr… - Samuel Gompers
Our mission has been the protection of the wage-worker, now; to increase his wages; to cut hours off the long workday, which was killing him; to impr…
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