"If we combine the experience of the old-timers with the natural militancy of the young,

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we will have an unbeatable trade union combination. We will learn that it takes the unity of all, the skilled and unskilled, the young and the older, the men and women, the white, the black, and the other minority groups, to win a better life for all."

Remarks from a 1968 discussion in Latrobe, PA...

In "Them and Us: Struggles of a Rank-and-File Union"

James .J. Matles James J Higgins
Authors, The The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)