Alternatives Quote by Grace Lee Boggs

We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers.

— Jared Bernstein

In addition to joblessness, of course, by the working of supply and demand, when you have a larger number of people unemployed, wages do…

— Tim Bishop

Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy,…

— Mike Rowe

The fact that people are dropping out of the labour force says one of two things: either employers have no use for them, or…

— David Autor

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and…

— Jerry Costello

Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed…

— Dale Spender

Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result.

— Murray Rothbard

Obviously, we want people to be paid a wage that could help make ends meet, but when you increase artificially the cost of labor…

— Thom Tillis

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.

— Anonymous

The bottom has fallen out of America's wage floor. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all…

— Richard Trumka

I think that people have been looking at 40 years of flat wages. You know, the reality is you've got folks in diners and…

— Keith Ellison

There are a number of people who are not in the workforce who have given up looking for jobs, and that's the real economic…

— Steve Hilton