Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
Molly IvinsWhat you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
Molly IvinsEither we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.
Molly IvinsIn city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
Molly IvinsNice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.
Molly Ivins