Scott Walker Quotes

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

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.

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

I fight like a daggone wild man for labor unions.

I support collective bargaining everywhere.

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

Public unions are big money.

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.

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.

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

Labor cannot on any terms surrender the right to strike.

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.

Look at your [labor] strikes. They are proof that the men are desperate.

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

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.

Instead of focusing on attacking unions and the labor movement, we need to find ways to strengthen and empower workers so we can put more money in the pockets of middle class families.

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.

Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social life and political representation in Washington, which doesn't really exist anymore.

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.

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

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.

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