Brianna Wu Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

Unions do have a proper role in negotiating for employees and advising employees, but they have to engage with the employer.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.

Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work.

Private sector labors unions continue to suffer losses in their membership while public sector and service unions grow.

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

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.

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

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.

I am glad to see a system of labor ... under which laborers can strike when they want to.

When labor is strong, America is strong.

If there is to be peace in our industrial life, let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees

… employers, many of whom would like to be fair, are in a competitive business and they cannot afford to meet the demands of the union unless everyone in their line of business is forced to do so too

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

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.

I fight like a daggone wild man for labor unions.

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.

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

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

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.

On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.