James P. Hoffa quotes

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. (James P. Hoffa)
Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans. View quote
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I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers. View quote
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All workers want is a fair shake. View quote
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Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril. View quote
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Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable. View quote
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We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America. View quote
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Today we are united, strong and on the move. Today we have a strong strike fund. Today we have the resources to run large-scale organizing campaigns against global employers. Today we have $100 million in the bank. View quote
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And some of those people that voted Republican are now going to say, what a mistake I made because I didn't know they were going to take my job away. I didn't know they were going to take collective bargaining away. View quote
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We vote - if the public votes 50 percent, we vote 70 percent. So we have a bigger impact with our numbers, and the organization and the manpower we can bring to a race. View quote
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It's a success story here in Michigan. We have hiring going on. We have new industries going on. (James P. Hoffa)
We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians. View quote
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If we're all together, we have money, and we start to organize, you're going to see the Teamsters Union start to bloom. View quote
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This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've already seen evidence of that in New York, in Pennsylvania, in California. The first thing is we have to get on the same page. We have to be united in one cause. View quote
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That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower. View quote
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Improving the outlook for U.S workers isn't about creating millions of minimum-wage jobs. It is about creating sustainable, skilled employment that allows Americans to earn a fair wage with benefits that allows them to pay for housing and food on the table and sustain a middle-class lifestyle. View quote
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We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And there's only one way to beat and win that war - the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. View quote
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The mob's not coming back in the Teamsters Union. We've gotten rid of them, and we're free to be free of government supervision. View quote
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As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and cutting costs until there's nothing left to cut. Time and again I've seen their reckless behavior drive companies to declare bankruptcy. View quote
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James P. Hoffa

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Photo: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution), CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Businessman
Born: May 19, 1941
Quotes count: 19