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All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement.

My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.

I was for civil unions and believed strongly that the flow of benefits and protections that would be provided in a civil union for same-sex couples, the decisions that have to be made, when health hardships are faced, when economic hardships are faced, I wanted all of those protections. I never strayed from them.

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

I certainly support civil unions.

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.