#workers

We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy. ↗

— David Plouffe

#class #doing #economy #europe #facing

Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#another #between #competing #confederation #countries

It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#any #below #bodies #body #continual

Technology is driving the innovation. Technology is driving the creativity. Technology and the use of that is going to determine our workers' ability to compete in the 21st century global marketplace. ↗

— Ron Kind

#ability #century #compete #creativity #determine

Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#across #changes #democrats #denial #despite

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers. ↗

— Harvey S. Firestone

#back #being #door #factory #front

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#freedom #jobs #mean #support #their

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe. ↗

— Ted Rall

#american workers #bosses #loathe #point #pretty

At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name. ↗

— Carl Rakosi

#few #foreign #get #i #job

The increase in inequality in income is a longtime trend, but the pressure on middle- and low-income workers is going up rapidly. Especially if they live in an area where there are high housing and gas prices, like California. ↗

— Alice Rivlin

#california #especially #gas #gas prices #going