"The companies roam the world with no checks and balances in search of misery and poverty and unemployment, because they will tell you in their own testimonies that naturally in those areas you will find the lowest wages." -- Charles Kernaghan

"Third world countries are being forced to race to the bottom. they have to compete with each other, outbid each other, in offering cheaper labor than their competitors and also offering more stringent legislation to control labor. So you get both repression and increased poverty. You depress the economy, but you also repress the freedom of the people." -- Dennis Brutus

"If our only choice is to have globalization that means drastic cuts in social security and lower wages and lower benefits, we don't want that kind of globalization. But we can define a different kind of globalization, with ground rules that protected both social services and basic labor and human rights." -- Thea Lee

"The inherent power of the people is more than enough to turn the tide if people realize what's at stake and that they've got the power, with trade unions and environmental groups and consumer groups, to prevail and win. So that we have global cooperation with the maximum of democracy, a respect for local institutions and community initiatives, instead of these mega-corporations that are strategizing and lobbying to control our world." -- Ralph Nader

"You have to care because they affect the jobs in your community, they affect your standard of living, your quality of life. Whether if you have an accident and you get laid off, will there be any kind of social safety net there for you? This is why you need to care about human rights and issues of globalization. Workers in Mexico and their well-being is important to your well-being. Because if they can maltreat them, they can maltreat us." -- Loretta Ross