#unions

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#buy #favored #forced #join #members

Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#another #between #competing #confederation #countries

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. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#attention #because #conditions #employment #men

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

— Jacques Delors

#between #collective #employers #governments #legislate

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

— James P. Hoffa

#manpower #money #support #unions

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. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#because #class background #experienced #going #having

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

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#discrimination #i #i see #marriages #opposing

Well, I think the way to go is civil unions. But I do think when you talk about the Republican Party and the debates that are going on within the Republican Party on a number of issues, what I'm hoping is that they will get to a point where they will work with us on moving forward with this economy. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#civil #debates #economy #forward #get

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

— John Sweeney

#goes #i #i think #labor #labor movement

The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#dissolution #then #trade #trade unions #unions