Anna Burger Quotations

We are pleased to see that Maryland legislators stepped up and made a statement about what kind of businesses they want in their state. Marylanders deserve businesses that provide for their employees, pay a decent wage and provide affordable health care, not those that expect taxpayers to foot the bill for their bottom-line corporate profits. They get that with Fair Share Health Care.

We believe when we work hard we should be able to get ahead.

Union power puts bread on our tables, roofs over our heads. It sends our children to college, and union power helps us retire with security,

Working people know that if a company as profitable as Boeing can skimp on retirement and health care, everyone's future is at risk.

There are millions of jobs in this country that can't be moved overseas. They include the people who heal the sick and comfort the elderly, who harvest and serve our food, and build and clean and protect our offices and homes. These men and women work hard and play by the rules but for too many the American Dream is something they see only on TV.

She said no woman is worth her salt unless she brings other women along. Right now when I think about what I need to do and what can inspire me, it's to make sure we make space for women, for people of color to have roles in our new federation, in our unions, in our meetings. We need to solve the problems they are confronting in their homes and their communities and their workplaces. We need to give them a voice.

We are going to reach out to those workers who are not yet organized and to the members of the public that understand and support the notion that this country can't exist without a vibrant middle class. This campaign will empower the millions of workers to help them effect real change to make work pay.

We are going to reach out to those workers who are not yet organized and to the American people who know this country can't exist without a vibrant middle class. The implications are clear: when employers make work pay, entire communities benefit.

It gave us an opportunity to change the labor movement, but unfortunately the labor movement didn't take it.

I respect John Sweeney; he has spent his whole life working for working families. But we are in a critical moment in our history for working families. Things are getting worse for them, and time is running out to turn things around. The urgency to rebirth the labor movement is much stronger than my loyalty to individual friendships.

Organizing is our core principle. It is our north star.

You have to fight and hold on for all America, to say to all corporations in this country that in this day and age, America owes working families a decent life.

We know that when six million voices are raised together to send a message -- that message will be heard. The members of all of the Change to Win unions have come together to support the hardworking men and women in the hotel industry and we will not rest until they receive the living wages and basic benefits they deserve.

The good news was, I ended up not losing my job, I remained active in the union and my dad was quite proud of me.

Anna, whatever you do, stick to the union. It's what makes a difference for working people like us.

This is a very untraditional area in terms of organizing.

It's mostly women, working in their own homes. The fact that they're wanting to come together and have a collective voice is remarkable. It shows their determination and creativity.

Change to Win stands with the immigrants and others who are uniting to change America's immigration policies, and we are proud to offer our legal expertise and resources to ensure that workers' rights are protected.

The fight starts here and continues from here.

American workers play by the rules, but the rules no longer work. Wages are down, hours are up and the gap between rich and poor is staggering and growing.