Quotes About Collective bargaining

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

I think unionization of labour is a great thing.

Models need to be unionized.

On hearing of the 1930's miners' strike What do those earthworms want now?

Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries.

By now, less than 7 percent of private sector workers have unions, and it's not because workers don't want unions—polls show that, overwhelmingly, they want to unionize—but they can't.

Without a union, the people are always cheated, and they are so innocent.

The chief purpose of a union is to maximize the income of its members.

I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.

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

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

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

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.

My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.

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

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

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

Public unions are big money.

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

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

Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

I will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

Collective bargaining, and the fundamental human right, freedom of association, is seen as an anathema to American business, and people just - it doesn't seem to register that there's no universal social safety net that people can touch.