Competitors Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise…

— Tariq Ramadan

Workers should have a right to sit across from management to collectively bargain about their work conditions, their wages, and the future direction of…

— Nina Turner

Wage theft, worker rights and workplace discrimination should not be swept under the rug. The United States cannot have a functional economy where all…

— James P. Hoffa

“The eugenics roots of minimum wage laws. Excerpt from *Principles of Economics*(1911) by Frank Taussig: "We have not reached the stage where we can…

— Frank Taussig

Like all other contracts, wages should be left to the fair and free competition of themarket, and should never be controlled by the interference…

— David Ricardo

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

— Tim Scott

If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the…

— John L. Lewis

Workers should not be prevented from bargaining with the companies that help set their wages, benefits, schedules, and workplace conditions.

— Jan Schakowsky

Workers' rights must be respected.

— Luciana Berger

“The first thing that happens, for example, when a law is passed that no one shall be paid less than $106 for a forty-hour…

— Henry Hazlitt

As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all…

— John Peter Altgeld

Taking the politics out of setting the minimum wage provides fairness for workers and predictability for businesses. This legislation will also protect the most…

— Kevin Flynn