National Union of Social Justice Quotes

Wages, which cannot be considered as a mere commodity must enable the worker and his family to have access to a truly human standard of living in the material, social, cultural and spiritual orders.

If you work, you should not be poor.

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value proposition, an article of faith in our country that I know an overwhelming majority of Americans agree on.

I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

Give the working-man the right to work as long as he is healthy; assure him care when he is sick; assure him maintenance when he is old.

Work shall be the duty of every citizen …. The State shall ensure that work is made available to the citizens and that its terms are equitable.

Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage earner.

Money is ammunition and the surest way I know to make lasting friends, to earn trust and create peace is by providing meaningful jobs, putting people back to work so they can feed their families.

People believe that if they work, they should be paid a living wage…. Work has to pay.

General well-being is incompatible with lowness of wages.

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Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.

The primary purpose of organized society is to enable everybody to get a living.

Nothing helps families make end meet than higher wages.

You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living wage, to make sure that the lowest paid get the biggest increase in pay.

At a time when families are incredibly squeezed, it's essential that we provide a living wage for people who work hard and that women realize equal pay for the work they're doing.

Everyone should have enough to be able to eat and sustain their families. I'm not saying everyone should become extravagantly rich but everyone should have sufficient food and good education.

Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living-a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.

The most important social welfare program in America is a job.

I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the minimum wage and ensure women are paid equally for equal work.