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A quotation from Samuel Gompers
We have been accused of being selfish, and it has been said that we will want more; that last year we got an advance of ten cents and now we want more. We do want more. You will find that a man generally wants more. Go and ask a tramp what he wants, and if he doesn’t want a drink he will want a good, square meal. You ask a workingman, who is getting two dollars a day, and he will say that he wants ten cents more. Ask a man who gets five dollars a day and he will want fifty cents more. The man who receives five thousand dollars a year wants six thousand a year, and the man who owns eight or nine hundred thousand dollars will want a hundred thousand dollars to make it a million, while the man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) British-American cigar maker, activist, labor leader [b. Samuel Gumpertz]
Speech (1890-05-01), “What Does the Working Man Want,” American Federation of Labor Convention, Louisville, KentuckyMore info about this quote: wist.info/gompers-samuel/80389…
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How Regulation Came to Be: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (19th in series)
Just east of Washington Square Park in downtown Manhattan is the building that once housed the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. It’s now part of NYU. All that remains is a plaque.
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#AlsexCarey in #TakingTheRiskOutOfDemocracy writes of #Propaganda, the #PR techniques like the #MowhakValleyForumula being used in 1919 during the #GreatSteelStrike. They were working 84-hour weeks in bad conditions and still had pubiic opinion turned against them. In addition to #HaroldLasswell he quotes #WalterLippman and #EdwardBernays too. #SamuelGompers had a tough time!