Joe Wurzelbacher Quotes

The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.

I think someone in the union has the right to a private vote, and that's why I'm anti-card check. I grew up in a union family. My grandfather was a coal miner; he was in the union.

The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money.

It's an American worker's right to unionize for sure, but that being said, don't expect me not to point out when or if union leadership takes advantage of union members.

I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.

In Maine, nobody is required to belong to a union or pay dues.

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

Right to work doesn't eliminate unions. It makes them more responsible and accountable to their members on the front lines.

My preference is that employees pay their union dues, but what I also get is that I'd rather someone be in the union than not in the union.

Choosing to work where there is a union and getting the related benefits of higher wages and collective bargaining, but not paying a fair share of the costs of representation, would be freeloading, right?

When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of schoolchildren.

Pension and health benefits are a cornerstone of union protection. When actors' work is split between two unions, that protection is weakened or, in the worst cases, eliminated. That's not acceptable, and it's one of many reasons merging SAG and AFTRA makes sense.

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

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

When I produce a movie - and I've produced a number of movies, unlike Arnold - yes, I'm frustrated when the union says you can't do this, you can't work past that hour, you've got to break for lunch. But ultimately, they're right. What they do is for everyone's benefit.

Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers are forced to pay union dues as a condition of their employment, yet they have little say in how the unions spend their money.

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

Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union.

Can a conservative work safely and soundly in a union environment - in a shop filled with union workers, activists, voters and life-long supporters of the Democrat Party? You betcha.

I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.