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> [American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/american-workers-won-t-be-able-to-compete-fairly-for-jobs-until/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

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## More by Andy Stern

> [The AFL-CIO is a structure that divides workers' strength by allowing each union to organize in any industry, then bargain on its own, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/the-afl-cio-is-a-structure-that-divides-workers-strength-by-allowing/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/i-would-say-the-issue-for-the-labor-movement-in-the-united-states-is/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/i-was-too-much-of-a-victim-of-the-model-i-created-i-tried-change-to/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/in-1972-i-signed-a-union-card-for-seiu-and-for-the-last-38-years-14/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/and-i-think-we-understand-we-cannot-make-social-change-for-all/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/republicans-have-been-very-successful-there-are-three-things/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/the-union-is-much-more-than-me-and-when-you-think-the-union-is-you/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/unions-have-been-the-best-anti-poverty-program-that-actually-worked/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and, wherever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/today-i-send-this-message-to-every-emerging-global-corporation/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/when-i-left-seiu-we-had-started-this-quality-public-service-agenda-to/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/american-workers-won-t-be-able-to-compete-fairly-for-jobs-until/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/manufacturing-and-other-unskilled-professions-that-were-union-jobs/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [Workers of the world unite. It's not just a slogan anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/workers-of-the-world-unite-it-s-not-just-a-slogan-anymore/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/it-has-no-enforceable-standards-to-stop-a-union-from-conspiring-with/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

> [America is living through the third economic revolution and our country doesn't really have a plan on how to deal with it, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stern/america-is-living-through-the-third-economic-revolution-and-our/)

[Andy Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stern/)

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