When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses. — David Rolf Copy Share Image
I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages. — Peter Bofinger Copy Share Image
It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
I've seen the same promises -- more jobs, higher wages, the jobs don't materialize ... the promises are remade. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs. — James Cook Copy Share Image
I've talked to several CEOs - from a recycling company in Indiana, a furniture company in Kentucky, a brewing company in Colorado,… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prosperity, provided (and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
Higher wages for American workers are not just good for American families, they are good for our economy. I will keep fighting… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
“When the American labor movement rose up in the 1830s to demand higher wages, landed capital did not lock arms with industrial… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“since wage and benefit savings are not the main part of the cost advantage for the company it could (conceivably) “continue to… — Ellen Ruppel Shell Copy Share Image
In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Requiring the payment of higher wages will lead to a loss of some jobs and a raising of prices which drives companies… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which… — Thomas Keller Copy Share Image
It seems to me both moral and practical that in the richest in nation in the world that someone working full time… — Katrina vanden Heuvel Copy Share Image
We've long known that firms can pay higher wages if they spend less on workplace safety enhancement. Libertarians ask, "If a worker… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
In a nutshell, the ability of American companies to compete in world markets depends on creating conditions in which workers can add… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“When unions get higher wages for their members by restricting entry into an occupation, those higher wages are at the expense of… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
By reducing the highest business tax rate in the developed world, something that we have shown, right here in New Hampshire, is… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
Mere inflation-that is, the mere issuance of more money, with the consequence of higher wages and prices-may look like the creation of… — Henry Hazlitt 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
I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours,… — Sidney Hillman Copy Share Image
Exporting firms are more productive and pay higher wages than their domestically focused counterparts, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. If firms… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
