The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life. β¨ Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). All Labor Has Dignity, p.101, Beacon Press
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