Workers Quotes

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As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade… — Fritz Sauckel
In the 1960s, if you were a blue collar worker or uneducated, and you had an injury on the job, the company basically dismissed you. — Howard Schultz
A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning… — John Shadegg
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning… — Al Sharpton
Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job. — Amity Shlaes
We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco. — James Sinegal
Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor… — James Sinegal
You don't have a very motivated working class, it starts to affect the dynamics of the economy. If workers are disenchanted and disenfranchised, productivity losses… — James Sinegal
If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the… — Peter Singer
With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their… — Iain Duncan Smith
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy. — Patti Smith
I believe in an America in which the fruits of productivity and prosperity are shared by all, by workers as well as owners, by those… — Theodore C. Sorensen
Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget… — Arlen Specter
Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of… — Eliot Spitzer
Work is valued by the social value of the worker. — Gloria Steinem
In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did something they'd never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the passage… — James Surowiecki
Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems… — James Surowiecki
Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city to… — James Surowiecki
In terms of productivity - that is, how much a worker produces in an hour - there's little difference between the U.S., France, and Germany.… — James Surowiecki
Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing,… — James Surowiecki

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