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Exercise your right to vote.
Im a machine man, and I head a machine.
Honor the hands that harvest your crops.
Every minute a chance to change the world.
How do I stop eleven million people from buying the grape?
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
As a youngster and being a Latina, you see so much injustice.
That's the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn't.
We know we only have about half of our population that's voting.
People decide what markets should do - they are not a force of nature.
Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth...
If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.
Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps?
Labor cannot stand still. It must not retreat. It must go on, or go under.
There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity."
My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.
We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.
The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (
My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
The fast-food industry is notorious for employing millions of Americans at poverty wages.
I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing.
My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.
If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy.
I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.
We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.
I'm glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.
When a group of people get together, it's collective power. You know that you're doing it for the good.
Going door to door and talking to people, convincing them to vote - this is what I call Organizing 101.
I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don't think that anymore.
Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time.
Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.
Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.
I would have worked with the devil himself if he'd been for the six hour day and worker control of the hiring hall.
Fast food also has a uniquely difficult business structure for workers to achieve better wages and working conditions.
Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.
Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'
We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote.
Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.
The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.
I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.
If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It's very exhilarating.
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.
I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.
When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses.
No man has ever been born a Negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices.
A September 2015 poll found that, by a 3-1 margin, voters are more likely to support political candidates who favor raising the minimum wage.