“How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we get the imagination to recognize that for most of human history the concept of Jobs didn't even exist? Work, as distinguished from Labor, was done to produce needed goods and services, develop skills and artistry, and nurture cooperation.” HumansDoneJobsImaginationWorkSocietyProduceBecomingNeededSkillsConceptsLaborGoodsCooperationJoblessNurtureHuman HistoryDistinguishedArtistryGoods And ServicesOutsourcing Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Apparently, union bosses are so distraught about declining enrollments they will stoop to exploiting illegal workers. There is no doubt that this would hurt American workers, who would suddenly face a flooded job market full of cheap foreign labor. It would depress the wages of the American workers and cost them jobs.” JobsFacesHurtDoubtCostLaborUnionsWorkersImmigrationNo DoubtIllegalBossDepressingWagesStoopsAmerican WorkersDistraughtEnrollment Author:Lamar S. Smith
“Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in idle factories, in tax-sold farms, and in hordes of hungry people, tramping the streets and seeking jobs in vain. Our workers may never see a tax bill, but they pay. They pay in deductions from wages, in increased cost of what they buy, or - as now - in broad unemployment throughout the land.” PeopleIfsMenMayJobsPayLibertyStreetsLandCostTaxesLaborPaidBillsWorkersSeekingEvery ManHungryVainFarmsSweatFactoriesIdleUnemploymentWagesDeductionsHorde Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“In this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.” JobsEconomyInternetCostSafeLowsLaborConnectionsSpeedCombinationExplosivesGlobal EconomyHigh SpeedWorld EconomyInternet Connection Author:Bob Taft
“The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays almost no taxes; the privatization or elimination of human services; the elimination of public education for low-income people; the easing of restrictions against child labor; the exporting of industries and jobs to low-wage, free-trade countries; the breaking of labor unions; and the elimination of occupational safety and environmental controls and regulations.” PeopleHumansChildrenHas BeensCountryStatesJobsForceGoalUnitedPayClassUnited StatesGrowingPolicyIndustryTaxesLowsLaborThirdsSafetyTradeUnionsEnvironmentalConservativeIncomeForeign PolicyRegulationRestrictionEliminationFree TradePublic EducationLabor UnionLow IncomePrivatizationChild LaborExportingHuman ServiceUnderemployed Author:Michael Parenti
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” LoveLifeInspirationalWisdomInspirationMotivationalJobsWorkInspiringBusinessMarriageCareersMorningWise WordsWords Of WisdomLaborDanceCleverGraduationFunny InspirationalSeekersFollow Your HeartBest WorkTrust YourselfWise Man Once SaidBe True To YourselfListen To Your HeartFather SonBest JobListen To YourselfDay JobsMotivational WorkLabor DayConfucianismDoing What You LoveFollow Your BlissChinese PhilosophyLove And PassionInspirational CareerWork DayProfessional CareerWork And PlayMotivational CareerPassion And SuccessMotivational JobWork RelatedCareer ChangeLove Your WorkChinese PhilosopherConfucianHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayInspired To WorkWork You LoveCareers ChoicesWork LoveWork PlaceCareer MotivationHappy Fathers Day GreetingsPassion For WorkQuitting Your JobValue Of Hard WorkOffice WorkWork And LifeWork And LoveLabour Day WeekendLove Your JobOffice JobsCareers And LifeEnjoy Your WorkChoosing To LoveI Hate WorkJobs You Hate Author:Confucius
“Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.” DoneJobsLeadershipLeaderKnowingTeacherLaborManagersAccomplishmentInspiring Others Author:John C. Maxwell
“It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old.” MenYearsMayAgeAbleJobsCuttingMen And WomenLaborRetirementProposalManualsDrawbacksManual LaborRetirement Age Author:Steve Israel
“There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find a job where you had some sense that you had a shot of leaving behind something better than you inherited?.” IfsReasonJobsAmericaBehindsClassMiddleShotsLaborLeavingOrganizedMiddle ClassSomething BetterBetter Than YouOrganized Labor Author:Joe Biden