This has now been the motto of the English working-class movement for the last fifty years. It did good service in the time of the rising Trades Unions after the repeal of the infamous Combination Laws in 1824 ; it did still better service in the time of the glorious Chartist…
  • @StrayCatFrump@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    Instead of the conservative motto, “A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work,” we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, “Abolition of the wage system.”

    —Preamble to the Constitution of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)