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May Day Hall of Fame: 7 Memorable Union Leader Quotes [SLIDESHOW]

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May 1 is International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, and to honor workers and their labor unions, here are 10 inspiring quotes from union leaders that show how much they care about people.

1. Dennis Kearny,  Workingmen’s Party of California

"Let me caution workingmen not to employ Chinese laundry men. They are filthy; they spit on clothes [and] transmit diseases. Do you want leprosy here?" (Source of picture: Wikipedia)

“Let me caution workingmen not to employ Chinese laundry men. They are filthy; they spit on clothes [and] transmit diseases. Do you want leprosy here?” (Source of picture: Wikipedia)

2. William Green, AFL

"Colored labor is being brought in to demoralize wage rates." (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

“Colored labor is being brought in to demoralize wage rates.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

3. Samuel Gompers, AFL

“The Caucasians … are not going to let their standard of living be destroyed by negroes, Chinamen, Japs or any others.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

4. Samuel Gompers, AFL

"If the colored man continues to lend himself to the work of tearing down what the white man has built up, a race hatred worse than any ever known before will result." (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

“If the colored man continues to lend himself to the work of tearing down what the white man has built up, a race hatred worse than any ever known before will result.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

5. Samuel Gompers, AFL

 “Chinese workers provoke a conflict between white and yellow standards of life and work in which the coolies supplant and drive out white workers." (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

“Chinese workers provoke a conflict between white and yellow standards of life and work in which the coolies supplant and drive out white workers.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

6. Samuel Gompers, AFL

History demonstrated that the white race cannot assimilate races of other colors --- we already have one race problem unsettled.

History demonstrated that the white race cannot assimilate races of other colors — we already have one race problem unsettled.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)

7. Emil Preiss, Internationl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

[The Southern Negroe workers are] ""an undesirable element of people." (Source of the picture: Wikipedia

[The Southern Negroe workers are] “an undesirable element of people.” (Source of the picture: Wikipedia)