Ed Schultz Quotes

Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.

I fight like a daggone wild man for labor unions.

The unions used to sell security. They can’t deliver any more.

Labor cannot on any terms surrender the right to strike.

Thank God we have a system of labor where there can be a strike.

Labor unions have already inflicted an evil on this country which they could never entirely repair.

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

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.

So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom.

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.

Trade unionism is not a discovery or a formula. It grew and evolved slowly out of the needs of human experience.

Labor unions must have conflict in order to justify their existence.

I am always on the side of labor when there is any compromise to be made.

Unions may also legitimately resort to strikes where this is the only available means to the justice owed to workers

Not a penny off the pay. Not a minute on the day.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to...I like the system which lets a man quit when he wants to and wish it might prevail everywhere.

It's impossible to write the history of freedom in this country without telling how trade unions have contributed to it.

The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer on the picket line, the stronger the commitment. A lot of workers think they make their commitment by walking off the job when nobody sees them. But you get a guy to walk off the field when his boss is watching and, in front of the other guys, throw down his tools and march right to the picket line, that is the guy who makes our strike. The picket line is a beautiful thing because it makes a man more human.

Modern trade unions understood that deciphering a balance sheet was more important than decoding Das Kapital.

“Right to Work” is wrong for Kentucky. It’s just another word for union busting...

I'm not anti-union.

Here's the dilemma of the modern age: There used to be actions that workers could take, in the form of a strike. But now, that's being pre-empted by lockouts. They don't even have that leverage to protect their jobs.

Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social life and political representation in Washington, which doesn't really exist anymore.

While most American labor unions have struggled for the past several decades, professional baseball players comprise one of the strongest packs of organized workers in the world.