John J. Sweeney

“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.”

“Our cause is a common one. It is the cause of liberty-and we will not be denied.”

“We have to have a shared prosperity in this country.”

“The global economy is not working for working families.”

“The most important issue for the 2008 election is to elect a president who is going to be for the working families of this country.”

“We're going to build a new political movement that's going to be honest and going to be issue-driven.”

“We want a voice in our own lives, a voice in our communities and a voice in our country.”

“When we lift up working families, we lift up our entire economy.”

“The challenge is to organize the unorganized.”

“Our agenda is the American dream.”

“American workers are the most productive in the world. We're proud of that.”