Today's Labor Quote: Preamble of the American Miners’ Association

​“In laying before you the objects of this association we desire it to be understood that our objects are not merely pecuniary, but to mutually instruct and improve each other in knowledge, which is power: to study the laws of life, the relations of labor to capital, politics, municipal affairs, literature, science, or any other subject relating to the general welfare of our class.”

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