George Meany

When the movement among public-sector workers to unionize began gathering momentum in the 1950s, some critics, including private-sector labor leaders such as George Meany, observed that government is a monopoly not subject to the discipline of the marketplace.

Unions vs. Taxpayers Steve Malanga 2009

The so-called "right" of government employees to collectively bargain was rejected by President Franklin Roosevelt as well as by the founder and first president of the AFL-CIO George Meany.

Where Are the Shared Sacrifices, Productivity Gains? 2011

Even former president of the AFL-CIO George Meany did not support mandatory arbitration calling it "an abrogation of freedom."

Wendy N. Powell: The Employee Free Choice Act is Back; The National Labor Relations Board has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Wendy N. Powell 2011

He became a leader of "the dump Jimmy Carter and dump George Meany forces."

Steve Early: Does Labor Need Another Wimpy? Steve Early 2011

What's happening now is you see George Meany's successors, Richard Trumka and others—you see FDR's successors as governor of New York—all giving people collective-bargaining rights.

Weingarten for the Union Defense Jason L. Riley 2011

Then-AFL-CIO chief George Meany was quoted in 1962 as saying that it is "impossible to bargain collectively with the government."

Ohio, Wisconsin shine spotlight on new union battle: Government workers vs. taxpayers 2011

But George Meany, the legendary AFL-CIO president during the Cold War, also opposed the right to bargain collectively with the government.

A Union Education 2011

Then-AFL-CIO chief George Meany was quoted in 1962 as saying that it is "impossible to bargain collectively with the government."

Ohio, Wisconsin shine spotlight on new union battle: Government workers vs. taxpayers 2011

Even George Meany, though he has been widely quoted as saying it is impossible to negotiate collectively with the government, stood with the unions when they tried.

By Reaching Out to Union Workers, Palin Follows Reagan Seth Lipsky 2011

George Meany, the president of the AFL-CIO from 1955-1979 who came out of the building trades, argued that it was "impossible to bargain collectively with the government."

How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage Fred Siegel 2011