431 Labor Quotes for You to Enjoy

I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull that off. I liked entertaining, but I was always drawn to some kind of technical work - some kind of honest labor. Bill Cobbs

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There are good reasons to push for more Indigenous Labor MPs, not just on equity but also for what they can contribute to Labor. Bill Shorten

Good Indigenous More Push Also Equity Labor Contribute Just Reasons

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship. Bill de Blasio

Positive Relationship Unions Respectful Had Always Very Labor Municipal

A very big passion of mine and that of the people that run our production is finding factories that have fair labor practices and treating them more like partners in our family than people just who are going to produce for us. Blake Mycoskie

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I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I can talk to all of these people and have something in common, maybe I can get them to see that they also have something in common with each other when we come together. Blase J. Cupich

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Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like labor unions and corporations. Bob Beckel

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The Occupy Wall Street movement, in general, by putting this idea out there that the one percent is leeching off the 99 percent, is making a new discussion, making people figure out how to withhold their labor and come and put their issues on the table with the ruling class all over the country and all over the world. Boots Riley

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I was in an organization called Progressive Labor Party and International Committee Against Racism. And I was - I started out helping to organize a farm workers' union in Central California. Boots Riley

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You can't co-opt labor issues if you are in the working class. Boots Riley

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In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York quickly following suit. Brendan I. Koerner

Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift the track into place. Because the systems operate above traffic, collisions with errant motorists are never an issue. The trains are automated, saving millions in labor costs in the long run. Brendan I. Koerner

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If you read the 13th Amendment, it doesn't talk about narratives of racial difference. It doesn't talk about ideologies of white supremacy. It only talks about involuntary servitude and forced labor. Bryan Stevenson

You White About Only Involuntary Talk Supremacy Forced Read Ideologies Talks Narratives Labor Amendment Difference Racial Servitude

The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood. Campbell Brown

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The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening. Campbell Newman

Listening Example Single Federal Labor Gold Tax Biggest Carbon

There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle. Cesar Chavez

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If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics. Charles E. Merrill

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The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is the only plan I know of which is equally fair to the employers and every class of employee. Someday, I hope, all labor troubles will be solved by such a system. Charles M. Schwab

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We make our own labor unions. We organize our labor into units of 300, and then the representatives of these 300 meet together every week. Then every fortnight they meet with the head men. Charles M. Schwab

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I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do. Charles Osgood

Love Great Become Think Tabernacle Mormon Because Labor Choir

This is a business of love and labor. Chester Bennington

Love Business Labor

I think you'll see if you look at 'Up', we've focused a lot on labor (and the forces trying to keep labor down) and have featured everything from Wal Mart workers, to on-the-ground organizers, to union presidents to restaurant workers sitting at the table sharing their experience and expertise. Chris Hayes

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American computer science grads often have very little exposure to the human condition. They've rarely had manual labor or service jobs. They grow up in a bubble of privilege lulled into thinking this country is a true meritocracy. Chris Sacca

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