Class Quote by John Fetterman

Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.

— Joe Biden

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

— Marty Walsh

Before there were unions, there was no middle class.

— Michael Moore

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

This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has…

— Michael Moore

Labor unions have a long history of benefitting all workers, even those who are not members of unions, because everyone's wages go up. If…

— Nina Turner

Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social…

— Angus Deaton

And if we truly want a strong and secure middle class, we must restore the ability of labor unions to organize and represent working…

— Martin Luther King III

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

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

— Hilda Solis

Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing…

— Andy Stern

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a…

— Andy Stern