Seth Moulton Quotes

Our party feels that we need to have fair compensation, living wage, good benefits, and decent treatment of workers, and that we can do that and still be competitive on a global basis.

It's time to update our workplace policies to reflect the realities of the 21st-century labor force and to support modern working families. It's time to continue our nation's long commitment to supporting unemployed workers by extending emergency unemployment compensation.

All workers want is a fair shake.

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.

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.

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

Earned sick leave gives workers a lot more confidence and adds to their participation in the economy.

Even if you're not a union member, you've likely benefited from the hard-fought advancements our unions spearheaded: Have you taken a sick day, received paid leave for medical reasons or vacation, or received overtime pay? Unions paved the way for all of these.

In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.

On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women, like demanding equal pay for equal work, pushing to raise our minimum wage, and promoting the idea of paid family leave.

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

When thousands of men and women work full time but need food stamps to put food on their tables, when they can't get health benefits, when they can't get paid sick days, then we must do whatever we can to stand up for them.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

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.

The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government.

We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.

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

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

I am one of those men who believes that the best workingman ought to have the best pay.

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.

Were the workers who sweated to put food on my table paid at least minimum wage? Did they get health benefits? Overtime? Were they unionized? Protected from pesticide exposure?

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.

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.