Economic inequality Quote by John Sweeney

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

“When significant numbers of people see their standards of living fall despite an ever-growing economic pie, it threatens the social contract of the economy…

— Erik Brynjolfsson

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

The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.

— Richard Rogers

As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards…

— Bill Dedman

What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy…

— James P. Hoffa

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and…

— Helene D. Gayle

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.

— Tony Kushner

“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

“to reverse today’s inequality requires a robust embrace of unions—but of unions that are democratic, focused on bottom-up rather than top-down strategies, and place…

— Jane F. McAlevey

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

The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.

— Uwe Reinhardt