Political Quotes

“the so-called reform bill has silenced the voice of working people. It would stop them from using the organized power of their representatives, to use the political system for better wages, to obtain more benefits, to achieve better working conditions. This bill is an abridgement of free speech of workers and a violation of their freedom of association. It puts onerous conditions on when unions can represent workers in political matters, all in the name of greater political freedom for workers, saying that they should have the additional consent, that workers should be able to give their consent to their leaders. We know the essence of a union is that people declare an identity of interests right from the very beginning. This bill attacks that principle. It is an attack on unions. It is an attack on workers' rights. It is an attack on workers and the very thing that they labor for. You cannot put the house of labor outside this political process in a democracy. Working people will be watching to see who would dare to take the fruits of their labor, the very taxes which they pay our salaries with, and use that process to silence them and to try to shut them out of the political process.”