Quotes about Unions

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. Votes: 6

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions. Votes: 6

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. Votes: 4

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. Votes: 4

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital. Votes: 4

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. Votes: 4

With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. Votes: 4

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. Votes: 4

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. Votes: 4

When you have people together who believe in something very strongly - whether it's religion or politics or unions - things happen. Votes: 4

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. Votes: 4

Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor. Votes: 4

The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of the various categories of workers, their lawful collaboration in the economic advance of society, and the development of the sense of their responsibility for the realization of the common good. Votes: 4

The history of the labor movement needs to be taught in every school in this land. America is a living testimonial to what free men and women, organized in free democratic trade unions can do to make a better life. We ought to be proud of it! Votes: 4

With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men. Votes: 4

We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation, to represent and promote the values of European civilisation in the world, advance our shared interests by using our collective power to open markets, and to build a strong economic base across the whole of Europe. Votes: 4

Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. The parties to the labor contract must be nearly equal in strength if justice is to be worked out, and this means that the workers must be organized and that their organizations must be recognized by employers as a condition precedent to industrial peace. Votes: 4

Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts. Votes: 4

We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism. We have seen the history and development of unions in this country and we tell the growers that we want nothing more, but that we want our own union and we are going to fight for it as long as it takes. Votes: 4

Unions don't create jobs. People create jobs. Votes: 3

I can't help to spit nails when just thinking about Trade Unions Votes: 3

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies. Votes: 3

Labor #"Ž Unions are the leading force for #"Ž democratization and #"Ž progress . Votes: 3

Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs. Votes: 3

Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members interests. Votes: 3

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. Votes: 3

Unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country. Votes: 3

Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer. Votes: 3

Unions are at a disadvantage in a company vote because the employees can see that the greatest advocates of unionization are often the malcontents and marginal workers. Votes: 3

There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle Ages: the Trade Unions. Votes: 3

The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians. Votes: 3

Unions inherently create an 'us versus them' dynamic that makes winning against a company's management the top goal, not serving customers, innovating, or in the case of education, teaching kids. Votes: 3

Let the Unions become engines for the working people to right their wrongs. Not benefit societies, or burial clubs. Let the Unions become civilian regiments to fight in the cause of the people. Votes: 3

What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy that seems to want to devour our standard of living. Votes: 3

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor. Votes: 3

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity. Votes: 3

Unions say, 'Education of the children is too important to be left to the vagaries of the market.' The opposite is true. Education is too important to be left to the calcified union/government monopoly. Votes: 3

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by the masses, the political parties and the Trade Unions, by means of the most severe struggle, also inwardly. Votes: 3

Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law. Votes: 3

At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Revolution, which was all about Acts, Trade Unions and the factory system, and I wanted to know about people, because it is people who make history. Votes: 3

Unions are the result of profit seekers. Unions are the way the average guy gets even with evil corporateers. The unions are godsends. The unions have a special status, because they represent the rising up of the average man against the evil corporateers and profiteers. Votes: 3

My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity. Votes: 2

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy. Votes: 2

That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower. Votes: 2

Credit unions are often a better deal than banks and tend to pay higher yields on deposits. Votes: 2

The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing. Votes: 2

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom. Votes: 2

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view. Votes: 2

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage. Votes: 2

As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views. Votes: 2

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end. Votes: 2

The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids. Votes: 2

Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they meet all the opposition that can be mustered by those who now get what they produce. Votes: 2

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage. Votes: 2

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat. Votes: 2

In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did something they'd never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier, unions organized industries across the country, remaking the economy. Votes: 2

My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform. Votes: 2

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it. Votes: 2

You can't just pillory the teachers unions and sound the free market trumpet. We must visit the failing schools. We must talk to the mother who desperately wants more for her child and offer a constructive way out. We can't simply lambaste... food stamps or decry dependency. Votes: 2

Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders. Votes: 2

2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation. Votes: 2

I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being an academic means I don't wield power over person, place or thing. I don't command armies; I don't lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought. Votes: 2

Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or gay employment rights, is a middle-age issue. Young people just can't see the problem. At worst, gays are going to win this one just by waiting until the opposition dies off. Votes: 2

I was for civil unions and believed strongly that the flow of benefits and protections that would be provided in a civil union for same-sex couples, the decisions that have to be made, when health hardships are faced, when economic hardships are faced, I wanted all of those protections. I never strayed from them. Votes: 2

The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children. Votes: 2

The free worker receives a wage; the slave an education, food, care, clothing; the money that the master spends to keep the slave is drained little by little and in detail; one hardly perceives it.1 Votes: 1

As Jim Lawrence, a black labor activist at a GM plant in Dayton, Ohio, describes it, during the 1960s 'the union gave foremen a blank check to mistreat blacks and keep them out of the high-rate machine jobs and the skilled trades.' Votes: 1

I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis. Votes: 1

I certainly support civil unions. Votes: 0

Before there were unions, there was no middle class. Votes: 0

They believe in teachers unions. We believe in teachers. Votes: 0

I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions. Votes: 0

Owes unions who endorsed him; that's why he's in politics. Votes: 0

Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners. Votes: 0

Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos. Votes: 0

The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then. Votes: 0

Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management. Votes: 0

There is nothing fairer than workmen having unions of their mutual benefit. Votes: 0

The unions no longer control the education agenda of the Democratic Party. Votes: 0

Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things. Votes: 0

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust. Votes: 0

When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized. Votes: 0

When the unions were fighting me 45 years ago, they could never beat me. Votes: 0

The state of the Union largely depends on the state of the unions. Votes: 0

If credit unions can grow and prosper with a 15 percent cap, so can banks. Votes: 0

They [unions] used straight Marxist rhetoric [in 1930s] - just the values were changed. Votes: 0

Don't be sad about the goodbyes! Because in many farewells, better unions are hidden! Votes: 0

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault. Votes: 0

Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government. Votes: 0

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more. Votes: 0

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina. Votes: 0

Large corporations and unions know the power of being big enough to bargain for better rates. Votes: 0

I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights. Votes: 0

Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions. Votes: 0

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship. Votes: 0

Without the presence of class warfare, trade unions would be hard put to justfy their existence. Votes: 0

I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people. Votes: 0

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions. Votes: 0

If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy. Votes: 0

There's no point in just hankering for the big trade unions of the 1950s or '60s. Votes: 0

Strong responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. Votes: 0

In a political struggle of class against class, organization of trade unions is the most important weapon. Votes: 0

Private sector labors unions continue to suffer losses in their membership while public sector and service unions grow. Votes: 0

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids. Votes: 0

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination. Votes: 0

Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past. Votes: 0

How long before we have, not just homosexual marriage, but homosexual unions between adult men and small boys? Votes: 0

Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence. Votes: 0

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman. Votes: 0

Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions. Votes: 0

It's ridiculous to insinuate that the social recognition of homosexual civil unions damages families or the institution of marriage. Votes: 0

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. Votes: 0

I'm prepared to fight as hard as I can against unions entering the University on behalf of our students. Votes: 0

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaeuble, her finance minister, are right to oppose fiscal and bank unions without political union. Votes: 0

Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their men there would have been no unions. Votes: 0

I think we will see a united labor movement again. When workers unite they're stronger. The same goes for unions. Votes: 0

The attack on unions has been far more extreme here [in U.S], and it has been much more successful. Votes: 0

A lot of unions are doing the same thing on the left that the NRA is doing on the right. Votes: 0

[Ronald] Reagan bitterly hated unions and wanted them destroyed. This began with the air controllers' strike and went on from there. Votes: 0

Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations. Votes: 0

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. Votes: 0

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows. Votes: 0

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind Votes: 0

The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding. Votes: 0

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment. Votes: 0

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. Votes: 0

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. Votes: 0

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. Votes: 0

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies. Votes: 0

When poems stop talking about the moon and begin to mention poverty, trade unions, color, color lines and colonies, somebody tells the police. Votes: 0

There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers. Votes: 0

Today's unions are less Mobbed-up than those of yesteryear to be sure, but they're hardly above tactics that would be considered intimidating and coercive. Votes: 0

Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it. Votes: 0

Anti-union propaganda has been considerably more successful here [ in the U.S.] than in Europe, even among working people who would benefit [from] unions. Votes: 0

From my standpoint, coca should be neither destroyed nor completely legalized. Farming should be controlled by the state and by the coca farmers' unions. Votes: 0

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism. Votes: 0

Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force. Votes: 0

Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Irena thinks: a person who messes up her goodbyes shouldn't expect much from her re-unions. Votes: 0

Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers. Votes: 0

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. Votes: 0

Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard. Votes: 0

Starting with [Ronald] Regan it became quite open, the attack on unions. It wasn't the Pinkertons anymore, but it was just not applying the laws. Votes: 0

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy. Votes: 0

Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job. Votes: 0

[Companies that specialized in how to destroy unions] don't make it a secret, and they have all sorts of techniques for management to destroy unions. Votes: 0

I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that. Votes: 0

If we take back the labor unions, the legitimate businesses, eventually they become just another street gang. Spiritually, psychologically, they've always been just a street gang. Votes: 0

Without liberals we wouldn't have unions. We wouldn't have environmental protections. We wouldn't have seat belts or birth control or the ACLU! Any of these things! Votes: 0

If communist unions ever gain a position to exercise influence in the transport lanes of the world, the free world will have suffered a staggering blow. Votes: 0

Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the other, that's very complicated. Votes: 0

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement. Votes: 0

There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out by politically independent entities. Votes: 0

Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens. Votes: 0

I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people. Votes: 0

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades. Votes: 0

Lawmakers in both political parties have often acceded to unions' requests to avoid political confrontations or to curry favor. They have pushed difficult choices into the future. Votes: 0

We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture. Votes: 0

To a right-winger, unions are awful. Why do right-wingers hate unions? Because collective bargaining is the power that a worker has against the corporation. Right-wingers hate that. Votes: 0

I would have waived the Jones Act, and some unions not might not like it, not union membership, but the union leaders, too many, who are thugs. Votes: 0

The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. Votes: 0

The labor unions shall have a square deal, and the corporations shall have a square deal, and in addition, all private citizens shall have a square deal. Votes: 0

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality. Votes: 0

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end. Votes: 0

This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result. Votes: 0

Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history; trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating for the impotence of individual resistance. Votes: 0

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you. Votes: 0

[Hillary] Clinton was able to assemble a winning Democratic coalition out here, beating Sanders among African-Americans, women, among women, and voters from union households, so, unions, women, African-Americans. Votes: 0

Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions? Votes: 0

In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies. Votes: 0

The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies that specialized in how to destroy unions. Votes: 0

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws. Votes: 0

People with banking experience haven't all flocked to the biggest banks; community banks and regional banks, along with smaller trading houses and credit unions, have some very talented people. Votes: 0

Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it? Votes: 0

Everybody was wary. This was a time when communists marched through the streets, waving flags and shouting. The unions did the same thing so you began to associate them. Votes: 0

This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue. Votes: 0

Couples that do save have stronger, more stable, less stressful unions. In other words, you don't want to be fighting about saving; you just want to be saving, period. Votes: 0

The true face of the unions is not now a man in a hard hat as much as it is a woman in a classroom or in cleaning smocks. Votes: 0

As long as there are big corporations, there will be big unions. The economic power of big business will be matched by the economic power of the big unions. Votes: 0

The Communists were interested in getting into key positions as union officers, statisticians, economists, etc., in order to utilize the apparatus of the unions to promote the cause of revolution. Votes: 0

Union busting has become a major industry with more than a thousand consulting firms teaching companies how to prevent workers from organizing and how to get rid of existing unions. Votes: 0

The short-term problems are economic - royalties, unions, irresponsible management. The long-term problems are artistic, and they started 40 years ago with the advent of television and the upgrading of films. Votes: 0

These latter institutions [the civil service, trade unions, media of all kinds], notably of course television, but more subtly the written press, are quite spectacular powers of unreason and ignorance. Votes: 0

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities. Votes: 0

[We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate.] The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, ... It is always about people. Votes: 0

Margaret Thatcher made tough decisions. She put people out of work and she stood up to labor unions and she did a lot of things that I did not like. Votes: 0

In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble. Votes: 0

The reason that the unions and the other stakeholders have not cut a deal with the automakers is because they believe the federal government is going to bail them out. Votes: 0

We - again, the, the, the, the bastardization and the demonization over the last few years of teachers and of unions and of collective bargaining, that is not the answer. Votes: 0

By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie. Votes: 0

If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts. Votes: 0

Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union salaries go up by a similar percentage. Votes: 0

Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government workers receive generous pensions, they note. Votes: 0

I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country. Votes: 0

All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step. Votes: 0

When you look at the money spent by labor unions for Democrats, it comes as no surprise the Democrats crafted a campaign-finance 'disclosure' bill with the thresholds adjusted to exempt unions. Votes: 0

There are established processes of consultation between the Government, the parastatals and the trade unions, which have worked in the past. And I don't see any particular reason why they shouldn't work. Votes: 0

A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with strong unions at its heart, is one worth fighting for. Votes: 0

It was a way to try and shut down what the unions were negotiating for, like better hours and pay. [Dalton] Trumbo and his friends joined the Communists mostly for these reasons. Votes: 0

We've got customers. We've got suppliers. We've got employees. We've got unions. We've got communities. We've got all of these things that go into making up whether a business succeeds or fails. Votes: 0

I want my country to be trusted. I don't want anybody running for president telling the unions what they want to hear at the expense of the credibility of the United States. Votes: 0

We make our own labor unions. We organize our labor into units of 300, and then the representatives of these 300 meet together every week. Then every fortnight they meet with the head men. Votes: 0

More people more accepting of civil unions and gay marriage, which our pollster said was the most significant change they've seen on any social issue. So, this country is changing in a way. Votes: 0

I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America. Votes: 0

I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered. Votes: 0

Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union. Votes: 0

I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win. Votes: 0

Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and because of the global nature of the economy. Votes: 0

In Finland, where 80 percent of workers belong to unions, all employees enjoy at least 30 days paid vacation, and the gap between the rich and poor is far more equitable than in the United States. Votes: 0

Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans dont like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses. Votes: 0

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs. Votes: 0

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment. Votes: 0

When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions. Votes: 0

Part of the NAFTA legislation required studies of labor practices, and there was quite a good study that came out by a labor historian on the use of NAFTA to undermine and destroy unions. Votes: 0

Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses. Votes: 0

Obama's Democrats have become the part of no. Real cuts to federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell no. Votes: 0

These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. The values that have inspired other dissidents under communist domination. They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. Votes: 0

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves. Votes: 0

If your bank took bailout money, take your money out of that bank and put it in a credit union. Credit unions are owned by the people who have their money in the credit union. Votes: 0

I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage. Votes: 0

The clash between capital and labour, between those seeking to maximise profit and those with only their toil to sell, was the driving force for the creation of the trade unions in the 19th century. Votes: 0

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background. Votes: 0

Today's Democrats are little more than a collection of narrow interest groups-unions, tort lawyers, minorities headed by an ossified leadership. They are clever, tenacious and increasingly nasty in defending their perks, as establishments typically are... Votes: 0