Tom Perez Quotes

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

I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

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

Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people, then we're going to lose good talent, at every level.

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

Home Depot has never hired one human being for minimum wage, not one. We have always paid a premium over minimum wage.

The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees.

I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work is ever my partner’s motto.

When men are employed, they are best contented.

Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.

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

There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry is the minimum-wage business model. I say phooey to that. You go to a Costco store, and you see people there who've been working there for years and years. They're making $15, $20 an hour, plus health benefits.

I've been asked a number of times what was my proudest accomplishment when I was still very active in the day-to-day affairs of Southwest Airlines. I always said job security for our people.

Guys want to be compensated fairly.

What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76 cents on the dollar for the same work that men do. That's not right in America.

The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.

The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.

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

The priority of work over capital places an obligation in justice upon employers to consider the welfare of the workers before the increase of profits.

The question today is whether we should be creating millions of new jobs at present wages or fewer new jobs at better wages.

We say, pay talent well and genius generously, but pay well also the arm that toils; pay the needle, the saw, the spade, the hoe, the mop.

We’ve got to end the 3 day work week.

The shorter working day is the most essential thing in the lives of industrial workers. It means opportunities for life and self-development which are shut out by the whir of the machinery and the routine of the factory job at which the day is spent. It means also more efficiency on the job and better service to the employer.