Benefits Quote by Molly Ivins

Union membership is not the sole guarantor of job security and a living wage, but nonunion factory workers do not enjoy the same protections…

— Sean Doolittle

A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not in a…

— Eric Liu

If you don't want to join a union, you're gonna have much more opportunity for individual expansion, individual expression of talent and achievement. But…

— Rush Limbaugh

Unions are the result of profit seekers. Unions are the way the average guy gets even with evil corporateers. The unions are godsends. The…

— Rush Limbaugh

The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn't do a thing for the people who are…

— Milton Friedman

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

— Jason Kander

Unions inherently create an 'us versus them' dynamic that makes winning against a company's management the top goal, not serving customers, innovating, or in…

— Sarah Lacy

Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union…

— Neal Boortz

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

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…

— Linda Chavez

There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to…

— Frances O'Grady

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector…

— Linda Chavez