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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Those externalized costs have always included labor. It is only the decline over time of the minimum wage in real dollars that's… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“when serpents bargain for the right to squirm and the sun strikes to gain a living wage - when thorns regard their… — E. E. Cummings 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
Paying people a fair wage is a sign of respect and acknowledgement of the value of people's contributions to the business. When… — Amy B. Lyman Copy Share Image
Union membership is not the sole guarantor of job security and a living wage, but nonunion factory workers do not enjoy the… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
“And there can be no conflict between the naming of whiteness and the naming of the degradation brought about by an unrestrained… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45… — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 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
The quickest way to kill jobs is to have this ordinance pass. It is dumb and dangerous. — Norm Coleman 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
Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage. — Amy McGrath 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
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
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
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 want to applaud those workers rallying to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. I believe strongly that a great… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The loony tuners are at it again. The cost of doing business in Oakland is already about the highest in the state.… — Randy Hamilton Copy Share Image
A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even… — Adam Smith 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
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
