Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Sidney Hillman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American activist Sidney Hillman.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Sidney Hillman

Sidney Hillman was an American labor leader. He was the head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and was a key figure in the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and in marshaling labor's support for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Democratic Party.

I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why. — © Sidney Hillman
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no child will cry for food in the midst of plenty.
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