Class Quote by Andy Stern

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously…

— Peter L. Berger

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and…

— Jerry Costello

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

— John Sweeney

“The era of young adults graduating from high school, joining a union, and making a good living at a factory—working class on the job…

— Chris Farrell

As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards…

— Bill Dedman

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

— Michael Moore

This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has…

— Michael Moore

Unions sustained and fed the middle class. It's no coincidence that as union membership has continued to dwindle, so have the fortunes of the…

— John Fetterman

Wage work is disappearing. I didn't make the jobs disappear, but they have disappeared. And people are forced to be looking for other alternatives.

— Grace Lee Boggs

I come from the blue-collared working class folk: live better, work union, all that good stuff, and I just see that eroding and disappearing…

— Everlast

Being a Midwesterner, I know that many of the middle-class manufacturing jobs that had been at the heart of our economy are either gone…

— Eli Broad

What we have seen for a very long time is large corporations shutting down plants in this country, plants that are often profitable, in…

— Bernie Sanders