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I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions.

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.

There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that's been going on since the Second World War.

Being a conservative union member is almost like being an actor in Hollywood: You don't dare say it, or you might be injured on the job, or you might be laid off, or your family might have something happen to them.

This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result.

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy that seems to want to devour our standard of living.