top of page

"To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Action quotes

"Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon."

"Men and women that don't respond with solution to the challenges of the era are human biomasses."

"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."
Explore more quotes by Alexis Herman


"My overall message for labor members is... that we understand that the benefits of trade are clear, but the disruption and the dislocation are painfully concentrated and we can't ignore them."


"We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments."


"The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership."


"Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate."


"Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted."


"But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today."


"The fact of the matter is, this is a very dynamic economy we have, and in this dynamic economy, you have a lot of job gains, but you also have job loss."


"Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy."


"Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do."
bottom of page