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I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select union representation if they don't want it.

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.

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.

My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity.

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.

Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy.

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.

That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower.