Wage Fairness Quotes

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

The minimum wage should be a living wage.

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

The global economy should not be supported by wage earners. They have to be able to build a future like any other human being.

“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?

People believe that if they work, they should be paid a living wage…. Work has to pay.

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

Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.

It's a false choice to say we either have job safety or job growth. It's a false choice to suggest that the only way for a business to survive is to make sure workers have low wages and little or no benefits. There are ample models across this country where we've demonstrated the contrary.

We have to get very militant with some of these employers to say there's no shortcuts, our people have a right to a fair day's wage for a fair day's pay, and we've got to get that done. And that's going to happen.

We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal experience to the other actor and my role is just as significant, there is no reason why I should be paid less. It's not really part of my world anymore, because I just won't accept it.

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.

Men and women should be paid equally.

I do not support a livable wage.

The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, 'Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone.'

You ask whether a woman should be paid the same wages as man when she does the same work? To this, there can be but one answer. If she does the same quantity and quality of work under the same conditions as a man, simple justice requires that she should be paid the same. wages. To deny her this is to deny her justice.

What we must seek is a plan by which the men will receive high wages when the employers are receiving high prices for the product.

If a single man demanded as much as a man with a wife and four children, then that would be a violation of the concept of economic equality.

I think it depends on what agenda that female president brings. It's not good if that female president brings an agenda which is actually hostile to the cause of living wages. Women need equal wages to men, but not equal wages at poverty.

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

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

If women are given equal pay for Civil Service jobs, maybe other employers will do the same.

Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive wage, many of us are deeply disturbed that some hard-working families still have very little.

Honest work deserves honest pay.