Rose Schneiderman Quotes on work

You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also... view

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We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat... view

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The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with... view

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Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our place child labor and raw immigrant girls who would work for next to nothing... view

By: Rose Schneiderman

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I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done... view

By: Rose Schneiderman

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I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. 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... view

By: Rose Schneiderman

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By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that... view

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But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us... view

By: Rose Schneiderman

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After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us... view

By: Rose Schneiderman

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