Clementina Black Quotes

America's workers deserve a clean vote on a $7.25 increase, with no strings attached. Such an increase helps everyone and hurts no one.

The people of this country, by an overwhelming vote, are in favor of having Congress-- this Congress-- put a floor below which industrial wages shall not fall, and a ceiling beyond which the hours of industrial labor shall not rise.

There can be no distress, there can be no hard times, when labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity.

What the labor movement did in this country is to make sure that capitalism worked.

General well-being is incompatible with lowness of wages.

As more and more people demand fair pay, the Government and big corporations are going to have to take notice.

It was a Conservative government that in 2016 introduced the national living wage, giving Britain's lowest-paid workers the biggest pay rise in 20 years.

As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that.

It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act.

The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government.

I am one of those men who believes that the best workingman ought to have the best pay.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

To the ordinary working man, the sort you would meet in any pub on Saturday night, Socialism does not mean much more than better wages and shorter hours and nobody bossing you about.

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.

Fair Shares for All, is Labour's Call

An industry that can not pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist.

The labor movement has lifted more people out of poverty than all the programs in the country.

Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters [employers] and their workmen, its counselors [members of the legislature] are always the masters. When the regulation, therefore, is in favor of the workmen, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favor of the masters.

Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie. Labor is fighting for a larger pie.

“A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work,” is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing; yet in what corner of this planet was that ever realized?

We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.

By cracking down on wage theft, we can make sure workers and taxpayers are not getting ripped off by crooked employers.

We need to see the FLSA and the minimum wage as part of a larger struggle to cut poverty and to address the challenge of income inequality.

To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country.

I'm going to lead a revolution for working people in America. This includes all workers: white, black and brown, men and women, gay and straight, urban and rural.