Citizens Quote by James Bovard

Private sector unionization is down to practically seven percent. Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves [even] under attack, but in…

— Noam Chomsky

I think in the '50s, the percentage of Americans employed by the private sector who were in unions was above 30 percent. And now…

— George Packer

There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that's been going on since the Second World War.

— Noam Chomsky

Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all…

— Charles Duhigg

Public unions are big money.

— Mark McKinnon

The attack on unions has been far more extreme here [in U.S], and it has been much more successful.

— Noam Chomsky

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

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

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

— Bob Hawke

Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations.

— Charles Duhigg

“When unions get higher wages for their members by restricting entry into an occupation, those higher wages are at the expense of other workers…

— Milton Friedman

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

— John Sweeney