Growth Quote by Guy Standing

In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply big companies…

— Caroline Lucas

Think how modern economics presents work. Only labour that contributes to growth counts.

— Guy Standing

If people don't want blue-collar work, our labour costs will remain high and our competitiveness low.

— Abhijit Banerjee

We need workfare over welfare.

— Jack Kingston

Under neoliberal governance, workers have seen their wages stagnate and their working conditions and job security become more precarious.

— Mark Fisher

In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.

— Karl Marx

People want to work, but they don't want to necessarily want to do labour.

— Guy Standing

When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.

— Sharan Burrow

I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.

— Ken Livingstone

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.

— Theresa May

Workers are not being exploited. But if their share of growth doesn't increase, this could be a potential cause of social tension worldwide.

— Kenneth Rogoff

If we need more demand in the economy then protect people in work and raise the incomes of those on low incomes who need…

— John McDonnell