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Andy Stern

Andy Stern Biography

Business person

Andy Stern, born on November 22, 1950, is an outstanding businessperson. Throughout his career, he has held several key positions and achieved significant success in the business sector.

Andy Stern, born on November 22, 1950, is an outstanding businessperson. Throughout his career, he has held several key positions and achieved significant success in the business sector.

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“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.”

World Dream Earth Together Asks Community Powerful Labor Unions Workers Around The World New World Ashes Powerless

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Common Share Industry Structure Unions Workers Allowing Divides Organize Employers Bargains Afl Cio

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Children Jobs Example Models Lows Standards Our Children Corporations Damage Good Job Chill Pipe Business Models Sewers

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Thinking Long Running Jobs Left United Quality Security Members Workers Agendas Long Runs Public Service

Author:Andy Stern

“Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members interests.”

Should Political Interest Party Members Unions Political Parties

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“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.”

Has Beens Bigs Government Three Successful Republican Unions Corporations Small Business Three Things Big Government Big Corporations

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“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.”

Has Beens Government Jobs America Class Middle Movement Cost Creating Program Unions Middle Class Dimes

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“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.”

Jobs Struggle Unions Bridges Economic Inequality

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“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.”

Has Beens Government Grows Ability Poverty Economic Cost Benefits Gains Program Stronger Raises Unions Workers Disappear Mechanism Wages Dimes

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“Wal-Mart is the sewer pipe through which good jobs are being flushed.”

Jobs Corporations Good Job Pipe Sewers

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“American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.”

Country Able Jobs Pay Company Higher India Competition Workers China Wages American Workers China And India

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“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.”

Thinking Purpose Lost Moral Focus Unions

Author:Andy Stern

“Workers of the world unite, it's not just a slogan anymore.”

World Workers Slogans

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“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.”

Should Wells Shows Causes Economic Policy Tears Veils Unnatural Public Policy

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Today Language Community Justice Movement Messages Labor Unions Corruption Corporations Emerging Labor Movement

Author:Andy Stern

“College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep...but you can only choose two.”

Two Three Fun Sleep College Three Things Homework

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“I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.”

White Economic Workers Wellbeing Deteriorating

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“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.”

People World Way Needs Helping Values Company Modern Changed Solutions Add Employers Idaho

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Running Voice Issues Heard Office Immigration Hopefully

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“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.”

States United United States Issues Movement Labor Workers Correlation Labor Movement

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“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.”

Way Want I Can Problem Running Figures Particular Honor

Author:Andy Stern

“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.”

Years Lasts President Unions Cards Miraculous Spectacular Time To Leave

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“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.”

Pay Members Standards Stronger Unions Lifetime Contracts Employers Negotiating Conspiring

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“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.”

Ideas Helping Winning Too Much Models Victim Ran

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“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?”

Social Roles Movement Labor Workers Collectives Social Change Bargaining Labor Movement Collective Bargaining

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“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.”

People Jobs Class Economy Middle Unions Disappear Profession Middle Class Manufacturing Middle Class Life

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About the Author

Born: November 22, 1950
Known for: Business person
Quotes: 26

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