Stephen Harper Quotes

I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.

I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants.

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.

Maintaining pay parity is very important, and I am in total favour of it.

We've all heard the phrase 'equal pay for equal work.' Many of those who habitually repeat this mantra may not realize that it is simply a variation of the discredited labor theory of value (LTV), which is generally associated with Marxian economics.

I deserve to be paid the same as men.

We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

I sure do want to make sure women get equal pay for the work we do.

I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.

Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women's earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.

Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value

I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. We want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.

What I do now, when I'm taking on a film, I always ask about the fairness of the pay. I ask what they're offering me in comparison to the guy. I don't care about how much I get paid; I'm in an industry where we're overcompensated for the work we do.

I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.

I've always believed in equal pay for equal work.

Men and women should be paid equally.