Joe Wurzelbacher Quotes

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

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.

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.

In order to work for Chrysler, you are required to join the union, in this case UAW. There's no choice - it's a union shop - the employees voted to have it that way, and in America, that's the way it is.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

The Obama administration likes to say that it is 'pro-worker.' But something is amiss when its labor priorities are forcing unionization and labor contracts on American workplaces, and denying union members information on how their dues money is spent.

While these attitudes are more visible when directed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union as much as they do the corporation they work for.

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.

By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie.

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

We are just interested in dealing with the people we're paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.

The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.

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

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.

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.

The unions used to sell security. They can’t deliver any more.

A divided labor movement hurts the prospects of union members and it makes me very angry.

After contract negotiations and organizing, playing an active role in the political process is one of a union's most important functions. Gains won at the bargaining table or through sacrifice on the picketline can be wiped out by politicians on the state or federal level.

The trade union, which originated under the European system, destroys liberty.