Arvind Kejriwal Quotes

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy.

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.

Private sector labors unions continue to suffer losses in their membership while public sector and service unions grow.

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.

A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.

Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

Let's be honest - you work at a big company because it's comfortable. You don't have to work 80 hours per week, and you get paid, have nice benefits, and the family is all happy.

Unions inherently create an 'us versus them' dynamic that makes winning against a company's management the top goal, not serving customers, innovating, or in the case of education, teaching kids.

Labor should be recognized as entitled to consult with management in the mutual interest. Labor cannot be driven, and business cannot be successful unless the men employed in it are enthusiastic and loyal. That loyalty cannot be obtained with a big stick; it must be based upon fair dealing and sympathy.

I don't think value to the customer is achieved at the expense of employees' welfare.

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

My whole purpose really is to try to help working families to find better jobs and get better benefits and look out for the little guy.

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.

I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.

The physical lot of … workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's school education was assured by the government-operated schools: in addition, they had, for intellectual or emotional stimulus and diversion, the radio and the television. But the work itself was no longer as various, as interesting, or as sustaining to the personality...

The French 35 hour work week is a bribe given to the French people by a grateful government