very young and the very old, and even many in the middle class of our society." "I would rather sit with the rural poor, the desperate children of urban blight, the victims of racism, and working people seeking a better life than with those whose religion is the status quo, whose goal is profit and whose hearts are cold." "That’s not an adequate answer. ... Business is about making money, but labor leaders are supposed to be about helping workers." (in response to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's assertion: "There is no more corruption in unions than there is in business or in Congress.") References External links Douglas Fraser: A Union Legacy Exhibition. Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs. Wayne State University. "The Labor Movement, Protectionism, and the International Economy: Conversation with Douglas A. Fraser, Former President of the United Automobile Workers." With Harry Kreisler, Executive Director, Institute of International Studies, and Raymond E. Miles, Dean, School of Business Administration. University of California at Berkeley. February 12, 1985. UAW President’s Office: Douglas A. Fraser Collection. Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs. Wayne State University. Presidents of the United Auto Workers 1916 births 2008 deaths Wayne State University faculty Scottish emigrants to the United States Trade unionists from Glasgow Deaths from emphysema American trade unionists of Scottish descent United States Army personnel of World War II