Cynthia Dill Quotes

In Maine, nobody is required to belong to a union or pay dues.

I'm pro Union.

I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.

I think someone in the union has the right to a private vote, and that's why I'm anti-card check. I grew up in a union family. My grandfather was a coal miner; he was in the union.

The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.

It's an American worker's right to unionize for sure, but that being said, don't expect me not to point out when or if union leadership takes advantage of union members.

The only way a workingman can get anything is by collective bargaining, and by saying "If you don't give us a raise, not only will I quit but we will all quit and tie up your business

When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of schoolchildren.

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

I believe if an individual wants to join organized labor and work under a union contract, they should have the legal right to do so. At the same token, a person who does not want to work under organized labor and wants to work should have the ability to do so without the threat of having to join and having to pay dues to organized labor.

My job is to represent working people.

Pension and health benefits are a cornerstone of union protection. When actors' work is split between two unions, that protection is weakened or, in the worst cases, eliminated. That's not acceptable, and it's one of many reasons merging SAG and AFTRA makes sense.

Unions have been under attack for quite some time, and I think a lot of the jobs that we need to create in this country need to be union jobs. People want to be able to get a job that they can rely on to feed their family and pay their bills.

T-Mobile U.S.A. is one company that uses fear and intimidation to scare workers away from union representation.

Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.

I respect unions, I think they have an important role to pay and I listen to them, we meet with them, and they raise valid points on a lot of issues like worker safety and so forth, but I also respect the right of individual workers to decide whether they want to pay that fee and whether they want to join a union.

There is nothing fairer than workmen having unions of their mutual benefit.

My parents were both union members, and I grew up hearing how important it was to empower workers and have fair labor practices.

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.

I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

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 passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier, unions organized industries across the country, remaking the economy.

In my college years, I worked as a union labor organizer. I was just one of the many workers trying to do my part to help the community.

I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.