Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage. — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
My politics are food-related - food banks, the living wage, zero hour contracts - and my food is political. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners. — Tom Douglas Copy Share Image
The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Very few restaurant workers could even dream of eating in the restaurants they work in. Many do not make a living wage. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I would use the power of procurement, I would say if you want to do business with the mayor of London, you… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
I think it depends on what agenda that female president brings. It's not good if that female president brings an agenda which… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
If we want to revive and achieve the American Dream, we need to change a situation in which the people whose hard… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
If Apple is enslaving Chinese to make its iPhones, you don't need to eat the i-Phone, you need to make sure that… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I have been a proponent of dramatically expanding the AmeriCorps program. By increasing the pay of participants to a living wage, it… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
“It paid barely a living wage, but he stayed with it—gradually and in the end gratefully arriving at the point in life… — Ann Packer Copy Share Image
Let the D-League be for players who have been in the NBA, who are on the fringe, and that want to fight… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
To be effective in tackling poverty wages, a living wage has to be mandatory and basic trade union rights should be restored… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
For the workers and their families, being able to bring home a living wage helps their families and, by extension, helps our… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour.… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
“In a book published at the time, a lace manufacturer admitted that he expected his workers to turn a few tricks on… — Debbie Stoller Copy Share Image
“During the war, the holders of power in all countries found it necessary to bribe the populations into cooperation by unusual concessions.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think that we see some cities that have developed living wage ordinances. I think that we see some efforts to actually… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
Business of blurring is fantastic. They both are playing the politics of avoidance. They avoid all the issues on corporate power, Iraq,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
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. — Rishi Sunak Copy Share Image
An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist. — Fiorello H. La Guardia Copy Share Image
Be prepared for the creation of an intrusive bureaucracy to police the ordinance by examining the books and payroll ledgers of businesses... — Randy Hamilton Copy Share Image
“What do elves consider a living wage?" Keith whispered to Gunther. Gunther just shrugged. "Their own pair of pants?” — Nicole Kimberling Copy Share Image
It is for the State to take care that the economic conditions are such that the normal man who is not defective… — Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse Copy Share Image
Prioritizing our children also means prioritizing their teachers. If Kentucky is to compete nationally - not to mention with our neighbors -… — Andy Beshear Copy Share Image
Yes, there is some evidence that migration can slightly depress wages at the bottom end of the labour market, but that's an… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
If the proposed ordinance is adopted it will hurt small women- and minority-owned businesses the most, the majority of which are already… — Randy Hamilton Copy Share Image
The establishment has learned how to co-opt identity politics to put the brakes on economic progress and justice. So I would say… — Jimmy Dore Copy Share Image
Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access… — Deray McKesson Copy Share Image
I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
From a genuine living wage to a mass housebuilding programme and strong workers' and trade unions rights preventing a race to the… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
In Cambodia, education is really a luxury, and many kids are thrown into work as early as possible. This means they can… — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
