I’m a little bit insulted. Don’t say ‘We’re jeopardizing public safety.’ That’s not right and it’s not accurate. All I’m asking for is answers.

We all hope. We all love. We all dream. We all worship. We all work. We all have rights.

We have put aside our anger and disappointment and we are doing everything in our power to get back together.

A record 53 percent of nonunion workers say they’d join a union tomorrow if given the chance – that’s the highest percentage in 20 years. It is our job to reach out to them.

We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.

We have serious constitutional concerns about how the legislature drafted this portion of their budget. And I would not venture to speculate on whether the governor will veto this item.

There’s a mean spirit behind some of these initiatives that are going on, and ergonomics is a classic example. This has never been done with occupational safety and health.

We basically work every day of the week, Saturday and Sunday.

A long-term strategic grass-roots campaign will follow in each state in the coming weeks and months.

We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.

Bush reversed his decision after a public outcry and bipartisan opposition to his worker pay cut in the House and Senate.

I am hopeful that new leadership can open the door for Amtrak to work closely with Congress to achieve meaningful reforms.

We will be working together at the UNI conference. Every single union, whether in the AFL-CIO or outside, should be heavily focused on organizing.

I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job.

We will look to the lessons of the Maryland victory as we move forward with out ‘Fair Share Health Care’ initiative.

The budget also proposes bringing the total annual state spending on education to nearly $17 billion, or 72 percent higher than when (Pataki) took office. As a result, today New Yorkers spend more than $12,000...

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

We have had a reduction in staff and we have had to tighten our belts in some of the different programs.

The AFL-CIO needs a strong and united Teamsters union, and it needs the involvement of Jim Hoffa. I look forward to sitting down with him at his first opportunity.

The 37.5-hour week is more of a minimum baseline these days. There is an expectation by many employers that you will give 5 to 10 percent above that to get the job done and to...

I mean, we’re trying to protect the interests of working families and these attacks in several different areas have been directed at workers.

We’re opposed to permanent normal trade relations at this time. We support trade. We support the fact that globalization is here to stay, but we want to make sure it’s working for working families.

American workers, … fervently support rights to protect economic security, equal opportunity and reasonable working conditions but they see real gaps.

We had several good opportunities on goal in the second half. We played well tonight, but we see where we need to improve.

I know the guys are excited. We have talked for a long time about putting this program among the elite in Onslow County. I’m not saying that this win seals it, but it’s important to...

McDonald’s cannot afford to alienate millions and millions of working people in this country. But believe me that is the road we are headed down.

There is such a thing as offensive momentum. Goals you do get tend to come in bunches because you have a rhythm.

Eight years of Clinton-Gore haven’t been enough to repair the damage of 12 years of Reagan and Bush. Al Gore is running for president as the champion of working families and unions.

That [videotape] was a small snippet of what actually transpired that day.

The facts are clear. More funding goes to health care than any other part of the state’s budget, and it is sad that the special interests would either ask taxpayers to pay higher taxes or...

Working families need and deserve Supreme Court justices who understand and respect the importance of hard-fought rights and protections, not justices who take an unduly narrow view of the law.

There’s more emphasis on what the person has achieved than there is on observing what time they’re in in the morning or leaving at night.

A core part of the global market is what might be called the ‘Nike Economy’ – footloose companies that play countries against one another while seeking subcontractors with the lowest wages and cheapest conditions.

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.

I’ve been hearing more workers — including former Enron workers — say they now wish they’d had a union.

Despite the same, tired old scare tactics of the special interests, under the governor’s budget New York will continue to spend more money than any other state on providing quality health care to its citizens....

A lot of people are talking, saying the sophomore class is the one that is going to get us back to where we were. But hard work is the only thing that is going to...

Over the last several years, we’ve been able to find positions for all our graduates. Anyone who wanted a position got one, more or less.

If we have a completely different design that’s different from anything else, we have a great opportunity to do well. So that’s the key.

Why should a company like Wal-Mart — who made $10 billion last year alone — be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs?

In the ‘Nike Economy,’ there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn’t working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here...

I think we should just get a cat.

Compared to 10 years ago, individuals are now expected to live, on average, two years longer, and health care and other expenses have grown. … We believe that we’re assisting individual investors … by reducing...

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

We’ve decided it’s time for us to take a stand.

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

We are not sure whether they are allowed to use this or not.

Working people are not just fed up — they are ready to get active to set our country in a different direction, one state at a time.

It may be that he’s so inundated with things that he needs someone who can structure, control and manage it.