"The benefits of joining a union are clear: higher wages, better benefits and a more secure retirement. If we are serious about reducing income and wealth inequality and rebuilding the middle class, we have got to substantially increase the number of union jobs in this country."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"There are folks out there who say, 'it doesn't impact me, I'm not a union guy, I'm not a teacher, I'm not a civil servant.' Let me tell you how it does matter to you. Wages are going down in this country for everybody. When you destroy unions there will be no standard at all, nobody left to negotiate decent jobs for the middle class."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"We are going to make it easier, not harder, for nurses and millions of Americans to join unions and collectively bargain for better wages and benefits." ~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"We understand that when unions grow, the middle class grows, and when the middle class grows, America does well." ~ Sen. Bernie Sanders