Ronald Reagan: “Where Free Unions and Collective Bargaining are Forbidden, Freedom is Lost”

By Barry Ritholtz - March 7th, 2011, 4:00AM

In a Labor Day address in 1980, Ronald Reagan said:

These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

(Reagan starts praising unions at around 2:00, but the main quote starts a little after 7:00).

H/t: Orang.

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3 Responses to “Ronald Reagan: “Where Free Unions and Collective Bargaining are Forbidden, Freedom is Lost””

Terry Says:
March 7th, 2011 at 9:52 am
It was a good campaign speech . . . then, after being elected President, he fired all the striking and unionized air traffic controllers.

Talk is cheap, whether Reagan’s or Obama’s campaign rhetoric.
wally Says:
March 7th, 2011 at 10:01 am
“They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.”

Perfectly consistent, if you understand that Ronnie didn’t mind if other people lost some freedom.
What a comm…hey…wait a minute! « Junketing Says:
March 24th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
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