Country Quote by Bob Hawke

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

Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they are working,…

— Frances O'Grady

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent…

— Lech Walesa

I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.

— Peter Gutwein

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

— John Sweeney

[The government involvement in the economy] is so overwhelming and beyond anything we have ever seen, that we risk moving this country away from…

— Tom J. Donohue

Trade unions have stood at the front lines of struggles for democratic change and social justice throughout history. In many countries, we are the…

— Sharan Burrow

“It is the principal paradox of this period that the only sphere of our economic system in which government intervention is urgently necessary is…

— Oswald Mosley

Trade unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism.

— Pope Francis

People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement.

— Michael Foot

In the past we entrusted money to the government sector and the government sector simply did not spend the money wisely. And that is…

— George W. Bush

Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure.…

— Roberto Azevedo