Wage Quotes

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is The long nights of the grave.

Mandated hikes in the minimum wage do not cure poverty and they clearly do not create jobs.

The people we're dealing with are very low-wage workers. Five hundred dollars is a huge amount for them.

Wage hike proponents may be acting with the best of intentions, however, it is impossible to escape the drastic negative economic consequences of job loss for the least-educated. Such a measure would actually hurt the people it is intended to help.

[Minimum Wage. In] Free to Choose, ... . . . the minimum wage law to be one of the most, if not the most anti-black law on the statute books.

Give the laborer his wage before his perspiration be dry.

We were disturbed by the incredibly high incidence of wage violations. We also found a very high level of injuries.

We've got to stop a wage-price spiral coming after the oil price shock. But so far we haven't seen such second-round effects.

Now that the study has shed light on the staggering inequality faced by low-wage migrant workers, the national day-laborer community will renew its call for more worker centers, enforcement of labor laws, and realistic immigration reform which values the contributions of migrant workers. We call all responsible members of our society to support the day-worker community in these endeavors.

I'm not against increasing the minimum wage. It's just that I don't think we have sufficient information to get it through the Senate and the House. It's hard to go to legislators with inconclusive data.

Here is a government, a feckless federal government, who spent millions of taxpayer dollars to wage an assault on all our constitutional rights.

Farm work is hard work, and a lot of folks just don't want to do it at any wage. This is not about cheap labor.

Minimum wage issues have been a historic source of difference between the parties.

Whether it is a business tax or a wage increase, the consumer ultimately pays for it.

[The GMB has welcomed news of tomorrow's increase in the minimum wage to more than £5 an hour for adult workers. The increase comes after the government accepted the recommendations of a report from the low pay commission. Further increases could take place after another report by the commission next year. ] We welcome the increase in the national minimum wage to £5.05 an hour and we look forward to the new rate of £5.30 next year, ... This will be of great benefit to many of Britain's low-paid workers and is one of the major achievements of the Labour government.

behalf of good jobs, a living wage, good healthcare and good education.

These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are restrained and consistent with low inflation, provided the economy maintains productivity growth.

[Linking price increases or wage claims to fuel prices] will not be good for the economy, or their business, ... would have bad implications for the Australian economy, including on the monetary policy front.

Growers may face having to make their jobs more attractive by offering higher wage rates.

He has issued a bit of a caution flag now that he's on the lookout for wage pressures.

With wage inflation still surprisingly muted and an ongoing squeeze on households' disposable incomes from higher energy costs, second-round inflation is likely to remain largely absent, allowing some further modest policy easing.

You have the third-fastest wage and salary gain in the nation over the past five years. As you know, the flip side of that is your housing costs are going up. Economics is not perfect.

Employers could be required to register. They could post wage bonds.

On any other expenditure done by the state, prevailing wage is the law. If you begin to chip away here, it would start undermining the wages that are paid to California workers.