“What do elves consider a living wage?" Keith whispered to Gunther. Gunther just shrugged. "Their own pair of pants?” — Nicole Kimberling 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
An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist. — Fiorello H. La Guardia 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
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. — Sherrod Brown 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 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
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
You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living… — Matt Hancock Copy Share Image
I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Article XXVIII: Every newborn shall be sincerely welcomed and cared for until maturity. Article XXIX: Every adult who needs it shall be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It probably wouldn't be good for our economy for a bunch of these jobs to come back because, there's no way that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No business which depends for existence on paying *less than living wages* to its workers has any right to continue in this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
At a time when families are incredibly squeezed, it's essential that we provide a living wage for people who work hard and… — Katie McGinty Copy Share Image
Any way you slice it, increasing the minimum wage in Michigan... is likely to make it more difficult for the working poor… — Paul Kersey Copy Share Image
I see a minimum living wage as a long-term solution, but I'm not sure that's my favorite. I think society benefits if… — Andrew Ng Copy Share Image
Now a writer can make himself a nice career while he is alive by espousing a political cause, working for it, making… — Ernest Hemingway 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method… — Friedrich August von Hayek 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
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
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
People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set… — Mike Ashley 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
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage.… — P. J. O'Rourke 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
