...lofty, too ennobling, unless it is within the 'scope and comprehension of labor's aspirations and wants. We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more constant work and less crime ; more leisure and less greed; more justice...

...them the sunshine of the school and playground instead of the factory, the mine and the work shop. We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more constant work and less crime; more justice and less revenge; more leisure...

...lofty, too ennobling, unless it is within the scope and comprehension of labor's aspirations and wants. "We want „ more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more constant work and less crime; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to...

...1890s had narrow and selfish interests, as do most American institutions. But it also had idealism. "We want more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more learning and less vice, more constant work and less crime, more leisure and less greed, more justice...

...stridently proposes programs that contradict the rhetoric. The AFL-CIO again reaffirms its commit ment to the goals enunciated by Samuel Gompers: "We want...jails, more books and less arsenals, more leisure and les* greed, more justice and less revenge." Elementary and Secondary Education The AFL-CIO reasserts...

...want," and that is "More. ' Gompers actually said, quite appropriately, "We want more schcolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more...leisure and less greed, more justice and less revenge." I would add for today's purposes more money to turn those ideals into realities for the people of Eastern...

...Gompers in terms that resonate: "What does labor want? It wants the earth and the fullness thereof. . . . We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more constant work and less crime; more leisure and less greed; more justice...

...achieve the superior quality of trade unionism our country so urgently needs. What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of...

...Spectator, August 199s. p. 48. Ml. Reynolds, supra. A Union Perspective GORDON LAFER What Does Labor Want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more learuing and less vice, more constant work and less ctime, more leisure and less greed, more justice...

...eloquently professes empathy for workers' problems, yet stridently proposes programs that contradtct the rhetoric. The AFL-CIO again reaffirms its commitment...education system from kindergarten through college. In 152 pursuit of (hat gonl we firmly reject such proposals as educational vnucher? and tuition tax credits...