America Quote by 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…

— Andy Stern

Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.

— Joe Biden

I feel unions are important because they built the middle class, and they can preserve the middle class.

— Marty Walsh

And if we truly want a strong and secure middle class, we must restore the ability of labor unions to organize and represent working…

— Martin Luther King III

And I believe we should strengthen unions which have formed the bedrock of a strong middle class. It should be easier to bargain collectively.…

— Hillary Clinton

In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle…

— Mitch Daniels

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

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become…

— Anonymous

There is no better way to improve wages and working conditions in our country than to support the right to unionize. Throughout our history,…

— Jan Schakowsky

Big government doesn't help the middle class, it buries it.

— Marco Rubio

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

— Michael Moore

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage,…

— Barack Obama