Pay Fairness Quotes

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

Every woman needs to know when she's being discriminated against and what the reasons are why she isn't getting equal pay so we can close that pay gap.

Republicans absolutely support equal pay for equal work.

Our evenly matched rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness require an equal paycheck.

We're still fighting over the same issue - equal pay.

What I do now, when I'm taking on a film, I always ask about the fairness of the pay. I ask what they're offering me in comparison to the guy. I don't care about how much I get paid; I'm in an industry where we're overcompensated for the work we do.

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

With the depth of the women's game, the entertainment it gives, and the work we put into it, I think equal pay is right.

When I talk to different lawmakers, I'm trying to get them to reach across the aisle. There's legislation out there that would be helpful for women and families, but like with the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation has been on the floor many times, and voted down many times. It's something we need to get passed already.

I don't believe that everybody should be paid the same. I believe in equal pay for equal work.

When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid fairly.

I deserve to be paid the same as men.

Now 'pay equity' has everything to do with pay and nothing to do with equity. It’s based on the vague notion of 'equal pay for work of equal value,' which is not the same as equal pay for the same job.

We have held forums here at the White House on workplace flexibility, and the first major bill signed into law by President Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Lilly was here a few weeks ago because we were trying very hard to push paycheck fairness through the Congress. Unfortunately, we fell two votes short.

In some places, women get paid 75 percent of what men earn for doing the same job, working the same hours, and I do not believe that is right.

I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and we're only given 70 percent of our counterparts' salaries, then we shouldn't have to pay but 70 percent of our college tuition. Maybe that'll stop the bullshit.

Because people do different jobs. If they do the same job, they should get the same pay.

The bad workmen who form the majority of the operatives in many branches of industry are decidedly of opinion that bad workmen ought to receive the same wages as good.