A Quote by Sharan Burrow
Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries.
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I recognize no rights but human rights - I know nothing of men's rights and women's rights.
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I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.
[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.
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