The labor movement is a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves... (Samuel Gompers)

The labor movement is a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves...

Samuel Gompers

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