Sharan Burrow Quotes

I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

All the legislation ever secured for the ventilation or safety of mines, factory or workshop is the result of the efforts of organized labor?

I am a huge believer in organized labor. Period. Full stop.

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.

I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.

Labor Unions are revolutionary and anarchistic and a menace to the entire social and industrial system of the United States.

Show me a country in which there are no strikes and I'll show you that country is which there is no liberty.

There is no other bargaining but collective bargaining.

It is essential that there be organization of labor…. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.

The New Deal Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act which granted unrestricted sovereign power to the barons of union labor.

Unquestionably unions and their leaders are not always wise and fair any more than any other human beings. There are only two ways to bring about protection of the workers, however, legislation and unionization. So far the majority of the people in this country seem to favor unions as a more democratic and elastic method, though certain things must be dealt with by legislation.

The right to organize is a fundamental right for American workers.

Whether one has a favorable or unfavorable opinion of unions, their demise is also the demise of countervailing power. A system in which there is no countervailing power is a tyranny in which power is unconstrained and unaccountable.

For years, leaders in Columbus have launched an ideological attack on the working men and women of Ohio and their ability to collectively bargain for good wages and safe workplace conditions. That's wrong, and it has to stop.

Political activity by unions is not wrong. It's their First Amendment right.

Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation. They're wrong.

Where laws recognize rights to collective bargaining, the truth is that employee rights to negotiate with employers are denied in many countries.

South Carolina is a 'right to work' state - a misnomer of a phrase, as the laws limits union representation of workers. It does does not guarantee workers a job or fair wages and conditions.

I support collective bargaining everywhere.

The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense.

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.

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

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.