America Quote by Robert Reich

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

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

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

There's no point in just hankering for the big trade unions of the 1950s or '60s.

— Duncan Green

In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did something they'd never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the…

— James Surowiecki

With limited shifts, low wages, and scarce benefits, it feels almost impossible for many Americans to get their slice of the pie.

— Jason Kander

Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their men there would have been no unions.

— Stanley Baldwin

There is no better way to improve wages and working conditions in our country than to support the right to unionize. Throughout our history,…

— Jan Schakowsky

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

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

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

Unions sustained and fed the middle class. It's no coincidence that as union membership has continued to dwindle, so have the fortunes of the…

— John Fetterman