Katie Hill Quotes

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

Labor Day is a time to recognize and reflect on that work, and for elected officials to recommit to the too-often ignored task of fighting to improve the lives of working families.

I am on the side of the working person across the country.

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.

My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line.

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

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

My whole purpose really is to try to help working families to find better jobs and get better benefits and look out for the little guy.

I will only stop defending the rights of workers when I die.

Fellow workers, this is the Continental Congress of the working class. The aims and objects of this organization shall be to put the working class in possession of economic power.

The labor movement has lifted more people out of poverty than all the programs in the country.

The workers, before all else.

There is no better way to improve wages and working conditions in our country than to support the right to unionize. Throughout our history, unions have improved the lives of millions of American families, grown the middle class, and pushed our economy forward.

We must defend the rights of working people to bargain collectively for fair wages and safe working conditions.

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.

The chief purpose of a union is to maximize the income of its members.

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.

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.

It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.

Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation.

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people.

In Finland, where 80 percent of workers belong to unions, all employees enjoy at least 30 days paid vacation, and the gap between the rich and poor is far more equitable than in the United States.

If we are going to reverse the race to the bottom, workers must have the right to engage in collective bargaining.

I think you'll see if you look at 'Up', we've focused a lot on labor (and the forces trying to keep labor down) and have featured everything from Wal Mart workers, to on-the-ground organizers, to union presidents to restaurant workers sitting at the table sharing their experience and expertise.