The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been. — Robert J. Garagiola Copy Share Image
Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas.… — Bill Pascrell Copy Share Image
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
The bottom has fallen out of America's wage floor. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards… — Richard Trumka Copy Share Image
I want people to make a lot more than $9. $9 is not enough. The problem is that if you can't do… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I know in the past Republicans have agreed to minimum-wage increases that there's built-in protections for small and midsize businesses. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
To improve the standard of living for working folks, we have to raise the minimum wage and empower workers to fight for… — Jason Kander Copy Share Image
I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
The liberal paradigm of regulation and license has led to a society where an 18-year-old girl has the right to public fornication… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
I live in the same house I purchased in 1971 for $22,500. I think we need to increase the minimum wage and… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
The fact is, yes, statistically, African Americans and Latinos are getting hit harder, but it's something that we can have real solidarity… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Federal laws, including those that made so many people immigrate without documents, gutted the enforcement power of the Department of Labor and… — Rinku Sen Copy Share Image
These are the now-endangered markers of a civilized society: legally ordained minimum wages, child labor laws, workers safety and compensation laws, pure… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I want us to invest in you. I want us to invest in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table.… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour.… — Jon Corzine Copy Share Image
There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it… — John Raese Copy Share Image
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and… — Steve Finley Copy Share Image
To reward work, to grow the middle class and strengthen the economy, to give millions of Americans the respect they deserve... It's… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Progressive candidates don't hesitate when it comes to supporting universal health care, or the fight for $15 minimum wage, or the right… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When I started in the business, the minimum wage was $1.25. I've seen an enormous number of wage increases. Basically, it applies… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income… — David Rolf Copy Share Image
Fifteen dollars an hour minimum wage. That was one of the reasons why so many people flocked to Bernie Sanders candidacy. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians… — Itay Talgam Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage is very efficient. Everybody's on the same playing field, it's a very simple rule, it doesn't require a… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
I heard Russell Simmons say that, 'people have million dollar dreams with a minimum wage work ethic.' Basically, everybody wanna be rich… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
The internal and external ethics of an organization must be the same; you cannot talk about minimum wages for poor people and… — Aruna Roy 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
