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What does it mean?
Workers will keep fighting for union recognition until they get it. Repression and indifference will not stop them.
In plain terms
Workers will not stop until they win recognition.
What can you take from it?
Persistence wins rights.

Where it applies

  • union drives
  • rights violations
  • labor disputes

Putting it to work

  • keep organizing
  • demand recognition
  • stay united

Questions to consider

  • What keeps people fighting?
  • How do you demand rights?

Another view

Prolonged struggles can exhaust participants.

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