John Howard Quotes

We never accept low wages as the driving force for employment or growth.

I am always astonished that conservatives want to save money by paying workers less—driving down the wages of working people.

Raising wages is one of my top priorities.

There can be no distress, there can be no hard times, when labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity.

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

As more and more people demand fair pay, the Government and big corporations are going to have to take notice.

Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem.

I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people who are trying to make that happen across the country.

Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of low wages, and that the possible good to be achieved by such a law can exceed the possible harm only in proportion as its aims are mode.

I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

Fifteen dollars an hour minimum wage. That was one of the reasons why so many people flocked to Bernie Sanders candidacy.

I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.

We have to raise the minimum wage.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

I have had the view that cutting wages is not the path to prosperity, and one of the great myths propagated about my attitude to industrial relations is that I believe in lower wages. I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

I would love to see McDonald's pay more money.

Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps.

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.