Bill Dedman Quotes

Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

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.

We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers.

We must ensure strong, fair and robust workplace rights remain in our country's DNA.

Employment is a contract between an employer and an employee. Thus, laws prohibiting discriminatory pay are an infringement on private contracts.

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

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.

Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law.

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end.

Models need to be unionized.

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws.

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

The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.

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

I believe that the Right to Work issue is a perfectly appropriate one for Indiana to look at.

All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

We have tried voluntary codes and we have tried free markets, but they have not worked, so we need to try something else. Legislation is not a panacea for all the inequalities in the workplace, but it will go a long way towards stopping them. Effective employment legislation is needed

Thou shalt not take thy neighbor’s job.

The Church fully supports the right of workers to form unions or other associations to secure their rights to fair wages and working conditions.

A man’s right to his job transcends the right of private property.

Corporations are not people. Corporations fire people.