Lupe Ontiveros Quotes

There can be no distress, there can be no hard times, when labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity.

We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.

If any man tells you that he loves America yet he hates labor, then that man is a liar.

It's time we had a president who stood up for American workers first.

There's not much more of an honour - to work for, and with, working people.

South Carolina is a 'right to work' state - a misnomer of a phrase, as the laws limits union representation of workers. It does does not guarantee workers a job or fair wages and conditions.

People ask me, 'Why don't you take time off?' but the working class doesn't take time off. They're out there working every day. That's what I do, too. I want them to know there is hope, and I'm out there just like they are.

If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people.

If we are going to reverse the race to the bottom, workers must have the right to engage in collective bargaining.

What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

The unions used to sell security. They can’t deliver any more.

We were no experts in the field of labor organization, but we had something in common with our fellow workers -- we were all poor -- we were all overworked -- we were all victims of the 84 hour week. In fact, we were all so low down on the economic and social ladder that we had nowhere to go but up

You should pay the laborer his wages before his sweat dries

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.

Labor cannot on any terms surrender the right to strike.

Unions may also legitimately resort to strikes where this is the only available means to the justice owed to workers

Labor Unions are revolutionary and anarchistic and a menace to the entire social and industrial system of the United States.

American labor, whenever it gathers, does so with love for its flag and country and loyalty to its government.

A man’s right to his job transcends the right of private property.

All that harms labor is treason to America.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to...I like the system which lets a man quit when he wants to and wish it might prevail everywhere.