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19 quotes by Andy Stern

Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the former president of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Stern is currently a Senior Fellow at Columbia University. Stern supports federal legislation that helps revitalize the labor movement through universal health care, expanding union ranks via the Employee Free Choice Act, stronger regulations on business, profit sharing for employees, higher taxes, and...
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And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time... →

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American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

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Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests.

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Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because... →

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I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers and how... →

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I'm not running from any particular problems, I just want to take some time and figure out in my life where I can keep doing what I'm doing... →

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It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with... →

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Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So... →

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The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for... →

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The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your... →

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The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

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I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.

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Employers need to recognize that the world has changed and there are people who would like to help them provide solution in ways that are new, modern... →

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