The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living… — Leonard Woodcock Copy Share Image
Global markets have a much bigger effect on prices and wages in the U.S. and elsewhere than they did before. — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
Costco pays their workers good wages with benefits while selling good products at competitive prices and remaining quite profitable. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Nafta has been responsible for a race to the bottom in standards across North America, with working conditions declining along with wages. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
According to my local hip-hop station everyone has garnish wages, child support, liens and wants to buy or rent rims. Ya Heard! — Felipe Esparza Copy Share Image
Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I believe employers should be aware that employees who earn under $10 an hour cannot lead an independent life. But I do… — Richard Riordan Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Our economy continues to struggle with slow economic growth, high unemployment and stagnant wages. "Obama care's" raising costs. That's making it harder… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
No sooner is the exploitation of the labourer by the manufacturer, so far, at an end, that he receives his wages in… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
And wages - we'll see the end of this decline we're having. The median income in America is down 10% in just… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
For instance, we have to listen to the concerns that working people, our forgotten working people, have over the record pace of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Since the war I have stressed altogether five main objectives. The true union of Europe; the union of government with science; the… — Oswald Mosley Copy Share Image
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As it has over the decades, the union movement stands for the fundamental moral values that make America strong: quality education for… — John Sweeney Copy Share Image
The industrial economy which divides society absolutely into two portions, the payers of wages and the receivers of them, the first counted… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
U.S. labor leaders will realize that automation can multiply man's wealth far more rapidly than it is multiplying at present and that… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
To a people famishing and idle, the only acceptable form in which God can dare appear is work and promise of food… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Raising wages abroad would be good for the U.S. economy, as it would give our own industries a much-needed chance to compete.” — Elizabeth Cline Copy Share Image
Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Wages cannot be considered as a gift, because they are due to work, but God has given free grace to all men… — Hilary of Poitiers Copy Share Image
Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
There must be a major economic recovery package which puts Americans to work at decent wages. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
I am totally in favor of trade. But I want trade deals for our country that create more jobs and higher wages… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
[When asked: "If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?":] Many women would be glad of a chance to… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
If technology and communications can adapt to people's modern lifestyles, then why can't our labor laws follow suit? Private-sector businesses continue to… — Renee Ellmers Copy Share Image
In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be… — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
Choosing to work where there is a union and getting the related benefits of higher wages and collective bargaining, but not paying… — Cynthia Dill Copy Share Image
We want to build the club on our attendances. We don't want to pay all our TV money straight out in transfer… — Randy Lerner Copy Share Image
I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
What we have done though is consistently looked for additional opportunities to get stuff done. Wherever we see a possibility of increasing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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