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 improve the safety and the sanitary conditions of the workshop; to free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
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
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion. - Samuel Gompers
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
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 …
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…
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 …
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.
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…
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…
[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies det… - Samuel Gompers
[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies det…
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