William B. Cockran Quotes

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

Ten cents a day is adequate pay for a workingman.

To the ordinary working man, the sort you would meet in any pub on Saturday night, Socialism does not mean much more than better wages and shorter hours and nobody bossing you about.

Affirm the priority of work over capital and the fact that material goods are meant for all … The priority of work over capital places an obligation in justice upon employers to consider the welfare of the workers before the increase of profits.

The priority of work over capital places an obligation in justice upon employers to consider the welfare of the workers before the increase of profits.

Workers, the most absolutely necessary part of the whole social structure, without whose services none can either eat, or clothe, or shelter himself, are just the ones who get the least to eat, to wear, and to be housed withal — to say nothing of their share of the other social benefits which the rest of us are supposed to furnish, such as education and artistic gratification.

“A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work,” is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing; yet in what corner of this planet was that ever realized?

To improve the standard of living for working folks, we have to raise the minimum wage and empower workers to fight for their interests in an economic and political system that's stacked against them.

I will stand with the working-class citizens over all else.

The Church fully supports the right of workers to form unions or other associations to secure their rights to fair wages and working conditions.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life, let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees

We must remember that the real problem is not how to produce some improvement in the condition of the working man— for that has to a certain extent been attained already— but how to secure his complete material independence.

Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie. Labor is fighting for a larger pie.

I'm going to lead a revolution for working people in America. This includes all workers: white, black and brown, men and women, gay and straight, urban and rural.

I stand with the working-class citizens.

As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that.

Strike not for a few cents more an hour, because the price of living will be raised faster still, but strike for all you earn, be content with nothing less.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world.

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

You should pay the laborer his wages before his sweat dries

The labor question is the same the world over, and laborers of the world should clasp hands for their common wealth.

There's a direct relationship between the bread box and the ballot box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.

Limitation of the working day to eight hours for all hired workers. ... A complete ban on overtime work. The prohibition of the employment of children of school age.... A ban on the use of female labour in occupations which are harmful to the health of women The provision of nurseries for infants and young children in all ...enterprises employing women. State insurance for workers against old age and partial or complete disability The establishment of properly organized health inspection in all enterprises...free medical services for workers at the employer's expense, with wages to be paid during time of illness