Letitia James Quotes

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

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.

Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.

Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in.

Were the workers who sweated to put food on my table paid at least minimum wage? Did they get health benefits? Overtime? Were they unionized? Protected from pesticide exposure?

I will only stop defending the rights of workers when I die.

The global economy shall not run without the consent of the workers….We demand fair trade, not free trade.

Corporations are not people. Corporations fire people.

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.

Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.

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

The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.

If we are going to reverse the race to the bottom, workers must have the right to engage in collective bargaining.

Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on.

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.

More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.

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

A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work is ever my partner’s motto.

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.

What the labor movement did in this country is to make sure that capitalism worked.

We want nothing about what is said about abolishing property rights, rather we respect them. But work is the only property of workers, and therefore we want laws to protect the only property of workers, his manpower

I’ll stop demonizing business when business stops putting their profits before the country and starts putting their workers before their greed.

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