“When I was a student at Princeton University, I was working part time in a grocery store. I saw an ad for teachers of a prep course. I don't remember what it paid, but it was easily double or triple the minimum wage.” RememberCoursesSawsTeacherStudentsPaidUniversityStoresAdsMinimumGroceriesMinimum WageGrocery StoresPart TimePrepsPrincetonPrinceton University Author:John Katzman
“There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have to have it, because if we didn't some people would not get paid money. They would work all week for two loaves of bread and some Spam.” PeopleIfsTwoHumorFunnyWeekPaidBreadMinimumWagesMinimum WageSpam Author:Chris Rock
“To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire into wages paid in various industries and to determine the standard which the public ought to sanction as a minimum; and we believe that, as a present installment of what we hope for in the future, there should be at once established in the Nation and its several States minimum standards for the wages of women, taking the present Massachusetts law as a basis from which to start and on which to improve.” ShouldBelieveEndsStatesLawNationsIndustryOughtStandardsBasesPaidDetermineVariousMinimumWagesSanctionsMinimum WageMassachusettsLiving Wage Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.” PeopleHas BeensDoneCareAbleJobsYoungTermDealsClassMiddleCollegeTrainingFairsSickPaidRaisesFocusedMiddle ClassPushingMinimumGood JobAffordableMinimum WageAffordable Care ActJob Training Author:Barack Obama
“Many Americans are feeling, you know, shut out, shut down, the great recession hasn't ended for too many Americans, wages are flat, families are struggling, not enough new jobs, or new businesses are being created, and it's important that we all try to figure out what we're going to do, and that's what I've done my entire life, fighting for a higher minimum wage, or family leave, now paid family leave which I believe in, equal pay for equal work.” KnowsTryingBelieveImportantDoneEnoughFeelingsJobsFightingI BelievePayStruggleFiguresHigherEqualPaidI Believe InFlatsMinimumWagesRecessionsMinimum WageNew JobEqual PayNew BusinessGreat Recession Author:Hillary Clinton
“Anyone who supported Bernie Sanders who thinks we should raise the minimum wage, who thinks that we should have universal health care coverage, who thinks that the wealthy have not paid their fair share, and I could go on and on, would certainly not find that Donald Trump's views are in line with theirs.” ThinkingShouldCareLinesViewsShareGoes OnTrumpFairsShould HaveUniversalPaidRaisesHealth CareWealthyMinimumCoverageMinimum WageFair ShareUniversal Health Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would say one thing people need to do - and his is how Roosevelt's New Deal began - let us go back to cities and states where we can, build emblematic progressive reforms, like the Fight for 15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, things that improve the conditions of people's lives and that drive them into a national message.” PeopleNeedsStatesFightingDealsCitiesOne ThingConditionsMessagesSickPaidReformProgressiveMinimumMinimum WageNew DealSick Leave Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Undocumented workers can't report if they're not being paid overtime, or if their health and safety laws are being violated, of if they're not getting the minimum wage. And so a lot of times companies prefer to hire them in order to take advantage of them. We've got to crack down on those employers.” IfsLawOrderCompanyAdvantagePaidSafetyWorkersReportsCracksMinimumEmployersMinimum WageHealth And SafetyUndocumented Workers Author:Barack Obama
“Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark tank in the living room. If pro sports paid minimum wage, Shaquille O'Neal would be a bouncer at Scores, and Anna Kournikova would be a mail-order bride from Minsk.” IfsInspirationalWould BeOrderGamesSportsRoomsPaidAthleteScoreHockeyMailMinimumTanksBridesSharksLiving RoomMinimum WageMansionsAnnaCareer SuccessThe Love Of The Game Book:New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer Source: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
“But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant fine, go to the back of the line, but they can then stay here and they can have the ability to enforce a minimum wage that they're paid, make sure the worker safety laws are available, make sure that they can join a union.” WantGivingLawLinesAbilityPayFinePaidSafetyUnionsWorkersAvailableSignificantImmigrationMinimumCitizenshipPathwaysMinimum WageLearning English Author:Barack Obama
“Teddy Kennedy's big new idea is to wheel out his 18th proposal to raise the minimum wage. He's been doing this since wages were paid in Spanish doubloons (which coincidentally are now mostly found underwater). Kennedy refuses to countenance any risky schemes like trying to grow the economy so people making minimum wage get raises because they've been promoted. Kennedy's going down and he's taking the party with him! (Recognize the pattern?)” PeopleTryingIdeasBigsFoundGrowsPartyEconomyPaidDown AndRaisesPatternsRefuseWheelsSchemesNew IdeasMinimumWagesProposalMinimum WageCountenanceTeddyUnderwater Author:Ann Coulter