Today's Labor Quote: Lillian Roberts

​"I had to break the law to force him to comply."

Roberts was an organizer for AFSCME, who led series of strikes at New York State hospitals to protest Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s opposition to unionization. Her efforts landed her in jail for a month, after Rockefeller signed the Taylor Law on this date in 1967, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike.

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