American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India. Andy Stern More Quotes by Andy Stern More Quotes From Andy Stern College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep...but you can only choose two. Andy Stern college sleep fun Workers of the world unite, it's not just a slogan anymore. Andy Stern slogans workers world 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 and that add value to companies. Andy Stern idaho add people In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave. Andy Stern president cards years It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing. Andy Stern unions stronger pay I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas. Andy Stern too-much winning ideas 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. Andy Stern government class jobs 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 all workers? Andy Stern movement roles social Manufacturing and other unskilled professions that were union jobs, that allowed people to live a middle-class life, are disappearing both because unions are disappearing and because of the global nature of the economy. Andy Stern class jobs people 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. Andy Stern cio afl unions Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards for our children unless we do something now. Wal-Mart is the sewer pipe through which good jobs are being flushed. Andy Stern example jobs children Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members interests. Andy Stern unions political party 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 the labor movement is structured. Andy Stern issues united-states movement I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard. Andy Stern issues voice running Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not stronger- our ability to act as an economic mechanism to distribute the gains of our work and raise all workers' wages and benefits up is disappearing. Andy Stern stronger gains government Wal-Mart is the sewer pipe through which good jobs are being flushed. Andy Stern good-job corporations jobs Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans dont like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses. Andy Stern corporations government successful 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 morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership. Andy Stern focus purpose thinking UNNATURAL CAUSES tears back the veil to show the socio-economic and racial inequities in health as well as the public policies that underpin them. Should be required viewing. Andy Stern veils causes tears Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and, wherever you go and whatever you do, a new global labor movement is coming to find you. Andy Stern movement community justice
