The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish. (Samuel Gompers)

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.

Samuel Gompers

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