According to Donald Smyth, Former Chief Press Officer, Editor of an international labor publication and author of poetry and short stories: "From early days, Steve Schlossberg was guided by the notion that the true mettle of a democratic society is to guarantee full opportunity to the downtrodden and oppressed. As a union organizer in the South, a labor lawyer, legal counsel and advisor to presidents of one of America's leading unions, a high-level public servant and a crusading official of the International Labor Organization, Steve has spent a lifetime dedicated to reaching this democratic idea."