Rose Schneiderman
Activist
1882-04-06
Quotes by Rose Schneiderman
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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.
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I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship.
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But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us.
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We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat.
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I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.
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