To me, the labor movement was ...

To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a great cause that created fellowship. You wanted the girl or the man who worked beside you to be treated just as well as you were, and an injury to one was the concern of all.
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 Rose Schneiderman

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We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.
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 Rose Schneiderman
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement.
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 Rose Schneiderman
there is nothing more American than the trade-union movement.
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 Rose Schneiderman
I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.
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 Rose Schneiderman