Kane Quotes

We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.

Politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career. He will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this, too, right along side of him.

I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.

Guys want to be compensated fairly.

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

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.

Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

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.

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.

The fact that women are paid 73 cents on the dollar for work equivalent to work being done by men is unacceptable in America.

It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work.

Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.

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.

Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

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.

I'm not taking jobs anymore where I'm getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid. I'm not allowing that in my life.

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

Making sure women get equal pay for equal work remains one of my top priorities.

I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. We want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.

We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal experience to the other actor and my role is just as significant, there is no reason why I should be paid less. It's not really part of my world anymore, because I just won't accept it.

I've always believed in equal pay for equal work.

I got paid the same as my male counterpart grad students and onward.

There's no justification to not be paid the same as the men. We do everything the men do.

Maintaining pay parity is very important, and I am in total favour of it.