I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those cant. – Frances OGrady
I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. Ive always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal. – Frances OGrady
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities… the list goes on! – Frances OGrady
It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet or that citizens rights come second to those of corporations. – Frances OGrady
Most of Roosevelts innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN. – Thomas Frank