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 More Quotes by Andy Stern More Quotes From Andy Stern We can bring to earth a new world from the ashes of the old because our union transforms us the powerless into the powerful. And I ask you to join together in using all that power-all that strength to make the dreams of all workers and communities around the world come true. Andy Stern community powerful dream 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 but in a way that I can also honor what I want to do for myself. Andy Stern honor want running When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run. Andy Stern running jobs thinking Once, a union job at GM or AT&T was a bridge to success. Now, a nonunion Wal-Mart job is a bridge to nowhere. Andy Stern bridges struggle jobs 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 competition jobs country America is living through the third economic revolution and our country doesn't really have a plan on how to deal with it, and when it does - like the president sort of outlined when he first got here - we have a Congress who seem incapable of acting on it. Andy Stern revolution acting country america 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 having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work. Andy Stern strength change work time