Country Quote by Bruce Springsteen

I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment,…

— Anonymous

Prison guard unions have become the powerful political forces in some states, particularly California.

— Michelle Alexander

The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an…

— Gerry Spence

While these attitudes are more visible when directed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much…

— Robert Teeter

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

Anti-union propaganda has been considerably more successful here [ in the U.S.] than in Europe, even among working people who would benefit [from] unions.

— Noam Chomsky

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

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

— John Sweeney

I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the treatment of…

— Cornel West

Friendly societies, educational associations and trade unions gave working people the power to shape their own lives.

— Liz Kendall

Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can…

— Charles E. Wilson

The States acceded to the Union.

— Benjamin Franklin