"The AFL-CIO is a structure that divides workers' strength by allowing each union to organize in any industry, then bargain on its own, even when workers share a common employer."

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Source : "Labor leader calls for reform / Reorganization in order, says chief of fast-growing union" by George Raine, www.sfgate.com. June 22, 2004.

Andy Stern

#Afl Quotes #Cio Quotes #Unions Quotes

“You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem.”
“Nevertheless, I tend to get offensive easily.”
“I'm glad if my work can make a difference.”
“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.”
“Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.”
“About endings....unless we do them well, we have to keep repeating them.”

Source : Ursula Hegi (2011). “Stones from the River”, p.161, Simon and Schuster
“So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.”
“We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.”

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