American Workers Quotes

37 quotes by 33 authors

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with… — Lawrence Hargrave
We have seen numerous instances in which American businesses have brought in foreign skilled workers after having laid off skilled American workers, simply because they… — Ronald Reagan
Apparently, union bosses are so distraught about declining enrollments they will stoop to exploiting illegal workers. There is no doubt that this would hurt American… — Lamar S. Smith
If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I will put on a comfortable… — Barack Obama
Let me make our goal . . . very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs . . . . Our policy has been and… — Ronald Reagan
It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control. — Elaine Chao
A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything… — Jay Leno
Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find… — Russ Feingold
American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India. — Andy Stern
Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants. — Lamar S. Smith
Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union… — Linda Chavez
Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in… — Molly Ivins
Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate â€¦ Itâ€™s time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants… — Sarah
America's workers face a battle for their jobs. They are the finest workers in the world. American workers grow, harvest, and mine some of the… — Christopher Bond
I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers. — James P. Hoffa
Trade can really be good for American workers and American businesses. — Richard Neal
To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of… — Steven Rattner
At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. — Ted Rall
Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense… — Ted Strickland
American workers are first rate. — Christopher Dodd

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