Class Quote by Friedrich Engels

Without the presence of class warfare, trade unions would be hard put to justfy their existence.

— Karl Marx

When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.

— Danny Glover

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

— Marty Walsh

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

— Jeremy Corbyn

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

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.

— Samuel Gompers

The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their…

— Walter Lippmann

Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at…

— Ralph Raico

The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control them. They…

— Noam Chomsky

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social…

— Samuel Gompers

Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting…

— Eugene V. Debs

Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that this political…

— Mancur Olson