Howard Dean Quotes

The labor movement has lifted more people out of poverty than all the programs in the country.

The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for all workers?

Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.

I will only stop defending the rights of workers when I die.

Let him who will, be he economic tyrant or sordid mercenary, pit his strength against this mighty upsurge of human sentiment now being crystallized in the hearts of thirty million workers who clamor for the establishment of industrial democracy and for participation in its tangible fruits. He is a madman of a fool who believes that this river of human sentiment can be damned.

Duty of the Catholic Worker to Join Organized Labor

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

The labor movement was a reaction to capitalism.

Instead of focusing on attacking unions and the labor movement, we need to find ways to strengthen and empower workers so we can put more money in the pockets of middle class families.

Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.

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 will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.

I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.

Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation.

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government.

To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.

The labor movement means just this: it is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

I am always on the side of labor when there is any compromise to be made.

The global economy shall not run without the consent of the workers….We demand fair trade, not free trade.

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

The future of Labor is the future of America.