Sarah Michelle Gellar Quotes

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

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy.

Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they meet all the opposition that can be mustered by those who now get what they produce.

The cutthroat part of it is that professional wrestling has no union. There are a number of people that are taken advantage of on a daily basis.

I will use the power of the government of the United States within my control to prevent the labor unions ... from destroying the open shop.

It is not right for public officials to bring scabs and gunmen into any state. I am directly opposed to it myself, but if it is a question of strike or you go into slavery, then I say strike until the last one of us drop into our graves.

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.

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

There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.

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

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the globalization of capital.

I've been reading a lot about Silicon Valley history recently and was struck by just how core the lack of unions has been to the American tech industry's evolution. It's enabled the constant creative destruction that keeps Silicon Valley relevant and thriving in a rapidly changing world.

I am not a labor hater.

I'm prepared to fight as hard as I can against unions entering the University on behalf of our students.

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.

Like patents - which also seek to protect the little guy - unions were started for all the right reasons. But like patents, they can be twisted into something that hurts innovation, competition, and ultimately consumers and the country as a whole.

My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

Republicans are always much more supportive of unions in Poland than they are of unions in the United States.

We were no experts in the field of labor organization, but we had something in common with our fellow workers -- we were all poor -- we were all overworked -- we were all victims of the 84 hour week. In fact, we were all so low down on the economic and social ladder that we had nowhere to go but up

There is more danger from monopolies than from combinations of workingmen [unions.]

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

The Church fully supports the right of workers to form unions or other associations to secure their rights to fair wages and working conditions.

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

Regardless of the degree of class consciousness of their members, the trade unions are, by their very nature, driven on to the revolutionary goal.