Dan Lipinski Quotes

Instead of focusing on attacking unions and the labor movement, we need to find ways to strengthen and empower workers so we can put more money in the pockets of middle class families.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.

What the labor movement did in this country is to make sure that capitalism worked.

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.

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.

A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.

The global economy shall not run without the consent of the workers….We demand fair trade, not free trade.

I believe in capitalism but in fair capitalism.

Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie. Labor is fighting for a larger pie.

We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.

Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job.

We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed.

We should never seek to compete with economies in our region by cutting pay and conditions - that's a race to the bottom we can't win.

I stand with the working-class citizens.

I will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals.

When thousands of men and women work full time but need food stamps to put food on their tables, when they can't get health benefits, when they can't get paid sick days, then we must do whatever we can to stand up for them.

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

America's workers deserve a clean vote on a $7.25 increase, with no strings attached. Such an increase helps everyone and hurts no one.

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.