Joseph Stiglitz Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ordinary people in such positions - working at firms, companies, or chains - have the absolute right to have their voice in the public square.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.

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

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

All the legislation ever secured for the ventilation or safety of mines, factory or workshop is the result of the efforts of organized labor?

Limitation of the working day to eight hours for all hired workers. ... A complete ban on overtime work. The prohibition of the employment of children of school age.... A ban on the use of female labour in occupations which are harmful to the health of women The provision of nurseries for infants and young children in all ...enterprises employing women. State insurance for workers against old age and partial or complete disability The establishment of properly organized health inspection in all enterprises...free medical services for workers at the employer's expense, with wages to be paid during time of illness

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.

The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for—not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God in His infinite wisdom has given the control of the property interests of the country.

I am always on the side of labor when there is any compromise to be made.

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

There can be no distress, there can be no hard times, when labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity.

Duty of the Catholic Worker to Join Organized Labor

Do not worry about the side agreements on labor. They are too full of loopholes to pose any threat.

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

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

We need unions to make sure that working people have a legitimate and consistent voice.

All we want the Labor Secretary to do is enforce the law and protect workers’ rights.

For years, leaders in Columbus have launched an ideological attack on the working men and women of Ohio and their ability to collectively bargain for good wages and safe workplace conditions. That's wrong, and it has to stop.