Today’s Labor Quote: Douglas Fraser

“In every single democracy in the world you will find a vibrant, vital labor movement. The reason is that in a democratic society, where you have a system of checks and balances, a labor movement is absolutely indispensable. There will always be unions as long as there are bosses.”

United Auto Workers President Douglas Fraser was named to the Chrysler board of directors on this date in 1980, becoming the first union representative ever to sit on the board of a major U.S. corporation.

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