Quotes About Advocacy

As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers' rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force.

For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.

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?

Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection.

Can you name the last time Paul Ryan worked as hard for Wisconsin workers as he has for corporate America? I can't. I can't think of one time.

I'll be a governor who not only respects and listens to workers, but also fights for policies that make it easier for them to earn a good living and get ahead.

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Instead of fighting to make things better, Matt Bevin has used the governor's office to bully workers and help his cronies.

In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path to citizenship must compromise.

The Labor Department's Hall of Honor recognizes men and women - like Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller and the Workers of the Memphis Sanitation Strike - who have made invaluable contributions to the welfare of American workers.

I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of.

There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people.

The right to organize is a fundamental right for American workers.

In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.

Workers' rights are under attack across the country.

It's time we had a president who stood up for American workers first.

If immigration reform is bad for America's workers, then why does virtually every group that represents American workers support it so enthusiastically?

Workers in Myanmar must have an effective remedy when their rights are violated.

I will sit at the table and compromise with anyone in the name of progress, but there are things I'm not willing to compromise and negotiate on, and that is the rights of women, of immigrants, of workers, and of the LGBTQIA community.

The Supreme Court has increasingly come down on the side of big corporations instead of workers and middle-class families.

While there is still certainly much more work that needs to be done, Lyft actually believes in increasing diversity and inclusion within their workforce, and also, they believe in being a strong supporter of that in the community.

Whether it was investing in a strong workforce, leading the charge to protect our children or voting to balance our budget, I've seen Ashley Hinson step up and work tirelessly in the state legislature to fight for Iowans.

We need leadership in this country, which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger.