Charles M. Schwab Quotes

It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action.

Something may be done under Federal authority to prevent the disturbances which so often arise from disputes between employers and the employed.

Union busting has become an art form.

I will never recognize the union, never, never!

My own idea is that if the men hold any meetings or attempt to form any organization, we should be prepared to be fully informed of all that goes on and unhesitatingly discharge any men connected with this movement. In this way, our peace will be secure for a long time, and it will be easily done if taken at the start.

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end.

The denial by employers of the right of employees to organize and the refusal by employers to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce.

Economic disputes are rarely the real cause of a strike. We do not have a strike because negotiations break down; negotiations break down because the situation is a strike situation.

I can not regulate Daryl Turner. He's a union official.

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions.

So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.

It's like there was the Union, and then there's the Union Management. In some of the strikes that I covered when I saw the strike starting to break, wasn't necessarily when Management was giving in, more so than when the strikers were at odds with the Union Management.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it?

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

Strikes are a crime ... the law of jungles and primitive societies.

There is no other bargaining but collective bargaining.

I had rather submit our industrial controversies to the conference table in advance than to a settlement table after conflict and suffering.

After one operator referred to the union as ‘a set of outlaws’, I wanted to take him by the seat of the breeches and nape of the neck and chuck him out the window.

to supplement the local government in protecting his property when he enters into a contest with his employees.

It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.

The something-for-nothing culture has been championed by a minority of militant union leaders, who threaten strikes with impunity to secure unjustifiable pay hikes.

The unions do a really good job in standing up for workers' rights and business does a very good job advocating for opportunities in this state. I don't believe the two have to operate independently.