Barack Quote by Noam Chomsky

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

— Noam Chomsky

Public unions are big money.

— Mark McKinnon

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

Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against…

— James Bovard

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

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

I really don't think that the public-sector employees should be unionized.

— Ron Johnson

Private sector labors unions continue to suffer losses in their membership while public sector and service unions grow.

— Thomas E. Mann

Unions have been under attack for quite some time, and I think a lot of the jobs that we need to create in this…

— Richard Ojeda

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

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 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