Belva Lockwood Quotes

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. If women are given equal pay for Civil Service jobs, maybe other employers will do the same.

We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

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.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

I believe that if a man does a job as well as a woman, he should be paid as much.

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value

Pay equity matters because those dollars add up over time.

Men and women should be paid equally.

Equal pay for equal work is a fundamental concept of labor agreements.

President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts.

It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

Equality of the sexes is promoted in societal activity and working life, especially in the determination of pay and the other terms of employment.

Perhaps the major challenge during my time in office was getting employers to understand how much more needed to be done to give women their fair share of employment opportunities.

Paying women equally for comparable work done by men would be the biggest economic stimulus that this country could possibly have … $200 billion dollars into the economy every year and would be way more effective than propping up banks on Wall Street because this money would get spent and not put into Swiss bank accounts.

I have done a great deal of work; as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay... Women work in the field and do as much work, but do not get the pay. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

What we want is a little money. You men know that you get as much again as women when you write, or for what you do. When we get our rights we shall not have to come to you for money, for then we shall have money enough in our own pockets; and maybe you will ask us for money.

Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a simple matter of justice.

Listen, it's not just 'Full House.' It's across the board in the entertainment industry: women are not paid what men are paid.

I've fought to close the gender and racial pay gap for a very long time. One piece of advice I like to give whenever I'm speaking on the subject: if you want equal pay, join a union! I've never seen a union contract that pays women 79 cents to a man's dollar.