Thabo Mbeki Quotes

The unions do a really good job in standing up for workers' rights and business does a very good job advocating for opportunities in this state. I don't believe the two have to operate independently.

Relationships with sister guilds are growing stronger and stronger. It's important that all of us are working together - all the unions and the employers. It behooves us to come together.

What I've done as a union leader and what literally thousands of other union representatives do, is make sure that we have co-operation in the workplace. What I get is that where employees are well treated, employers do well.

I think business, government and unions have to work together, and the common enemies to the global economy. We're being beaten by the global economy, and we've got to unite together to win.

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.

I want there to be a real partnership between the Department of Justice in Washington and U.S. attorneys.

Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things.

As long as there are big corporations, there will be big unions. The economic power of big business will be matched by the economic power of the big unions.

No better strike leader than John N. Mitchell has ever emerged in any time of industrial strife.

I believe in corporations. I believe in trade unions. Both have come to stay and are necessities in our present industrial system, But where, either one or the other, there develops corruption or mere brutal indifference to the rights of others … then the offender, whether union or corporation, must be fought.

While significant differences between our governments continue, the progress of the last two years reminds the world of what is possible when we are defined not by the past but by the future we can build together.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

The era of roadside decisions, declarations have gone. My government's decisions will be guided by teamwork and consultations.

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.

I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.

Lots of people say politics is about individualism and egos. I happen to think government is best operated as a team.

We want to strike the right balance between the governments and our users. If there are concerns, we can work together.

There's a high level of communication between all of us at Marvel, and between Marvel and Lucasfilm.

I'm all in favour of talking to other parties, always have been, always will be. I'm a pluralist, talk to them, see what we've got in common, work together, fine.

Trade unions infringe upon the property rights of company owners.

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

A man who tries to make the workmen believe that their employers are their natural enemies is indeed the worst enemy of workmen. For the employees of yesterday are the employers of today, and the employees of today can and will partly be the employers of tomorrow.

I expect the ruling and opposition parties to work together for the future of Taiwan.

If the United Kingdom considers it necessary to start a dialogue on certain issues, we are ready for that, we are not going to pout or sulk. We take quite a pragmatic approach towards cooperation with our partners and we believe that it would be beneficial for both our countries.

And I'm convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: "Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?" they will listen. It's their livelihood.