Sidney Hillman

“The New Deal is not a finished job. The big job is still ahead of us.”

“The right to organize and bargain collectively is the lifeblood of a free society.”

“There can be no real political democracy without industrial democracy.”

“We want a voice in the determination of the conditions under which we have to work.”

“The time is past when the workers of America will be satisfied with a bone and a crust.”

“We must make democracy work. We can do this by making it a living reality in the workshop.”

“We want a system that will give the worker a full share of the wealth he helps to create.”

“Labor is not a commodity.”

“We do not seek to run industry, but we do seek a partnership in industry.”

“Political action is the logical and necessary supplement to our economic power.”

“The future of labor is the future of America.”

“We of the C.I.O. are not interested in isms. We are interested in a higher standard of living.”