James Hoffa Quotations

If China truly wants to be part of the great world, and be a citizen of the world, they must act like a citizen of the world. China has never lived up to a trade agreement, so why do we think they're going to live up to this one?

China is a country that has imprisoned many of its labor leaders, its workers. We want to make sure we have a review of their conduct,

The 40-hour work week is under attack. The right to organize is under attack. We are fighting for retirement security. Fifty million Americans are without health care. And real wages are falling,

There are some people who say we are dividing the labor movement. I say we are rebuilding the labor movement, but this time we are building it right.

We still have to look at the details.

We probably do have enough votes in the House to defeat it. It's going to be a battle.

We have a strategy to train workers to rebuild their communities, ... We must learn from this tragedy and help these workers start over. We must help our fellow Americans build new communities and new lives.

Working people are having a very, very tough time today,

Working people in this country need stronger unions, ... Employers continue taking things away from workers.

At the 11th hour they made a substantial economic offer which we're going to evaluate. We're going to come back with another economic offer, but there are still very troubling issues on the table.

What John Sweeney has been doing has not been working and it's time to try something new,

As the industry endures continued economic uncertainty, this agreement will ensure that nearly 10,000 workers are united in their fight for fair treatment and job security.

Finally, we have the contract we want and basically it is non-concessionary, ... We had a united negotiating committee and the united membership behind us is and that was the difference in these negotiations.

Both (Texas Gov. George) Bush and Gore are pell mell, saying that any trade deal is right.

This is the beginning of finding a solution to many of the problems we're having,

This is not about fighting or raiding the AFL-CIO, ... We're not at war with anyone, but we're trying to grow the American labor movement, and we're pushing every button we can to do that.

Their idea is to keep throwing money at politicians.

can articulate why we need annual review for this treaty.

The good jobs are leaving this country, going overseas, and what we have left is some guy running a computer in Silicon Valley or you're cleaning toilets at the Holiday Inn, ... We have to make sure we keep good jobs in this country.

It's going to be a battle, ... We probably do have enough votes in the House to defeat it.

This joint effort will result in strong representation for all workers at the newly merged airline, ... As the industry endures continued economic uncertainty, this agreement will ensure that nearly 10,000 workers are united in their fight for fair treatment and job security.

I assure you the Teamsters Union will be a strong force in electing the next president of the United States.