Scott Walker Quotes

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor.

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.

As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

I recognize that as governor, my job is to sit on the other side of the table from the public sector unions and negotiate effectively on behalf of all the taxpayers of the state, including all of you.

My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.

Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.

Public employees contribute real value for the benefit of all citizens. Public-union bosses collect real money from all taxpayers for the benefit of a few.

Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union.

Labor unions must have conflict in order to justify their existence.

I will never recognize the union, never, never!

I will continue to do all that I can to ensure and enhance worker protections, including the right to bargain collectively.

It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.

With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of their union, the federal government loses the immensely valuable civil service for which he or she was originally hired to perform.

Ordinary people in such positions - working at firms, companies, or chains - have the absolute right to have their voice in the public square.

South Carolina is a 'right to work' state - a misnomer of a phrase, as the laws limits union representation of workers. It does does not guarantee workers a job or fair wages and conditions.

I support collective bargaining everywhere.

Democratically elected leaders, forced to accommodate the real forces that shape their nation-state’s future—capital and the economic and military interests of more-powerful states—do so only to face the ire of their own citizens, who see themselves (perhaps rightly) as the losers of these compromises.]

It is sometimes difficult to understand the intensity of our public critics. Criticism of our efficiency is one thing, criticism of our responsibility quite another… We are an important arm of government, a legitimate object of public concern …. I find it most painful, however, when public debate lessens our usefulness to the nation by casting doubt on our integrity and objectivity. If we are not believed, we have no purpose.

In a democracy you get the army that the people are willing to pay for.

Politics is a great art. It succeeds at convincing the people that they have to pay for what has been stolen from them.

to supplement the local government in protecting his property when he enters into a contest with his employees.

“Right to Work” is wrong for Kentucky. It’s just another word for union busting...