Tony Mazzocchi
Anthony Mazzocchi (June 13, 1926 – October 5, 2002) was an American labor leader.
Quotes
[edit]1995
[edit]- Movements grow in desperate times. We are being born.
- Tony Mazzocchi, 76; Workplace Safety Advocate, Political Activist
- Mazzocchi on the founding of the Labor Party
1997
[edit]- We're the only industrial nation in the world where if you strike the employer can replace you with scabs—permanently. That's not a right to strike. That's a right to commit suicide.
- We Want to Redefine What Society Is All About
- Mazzocchi on impact of the Taft–Hartley Act
1998
[edit]- There is a dawn approaching that is indicating and shouting to us that it’s our moment. But we’ve got to seize that moment and use what we know so well—how to organize and, fundamentally, how to fight! And that’s what the Labor Party is about.
- Union Members Mourn Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Party Founder
- Mazzocchi at the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America 1998 convention
2002
[edit]- When you build a big movement from down below, regardless of who's in the White House, you can bring about change.
- Facing Death, Founder Fights for Labor Party's Life
- Mazzocchi on his role in the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
