Unfair Compensation Quotes

The real minimum wage is zero.

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry.

It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands.

There's no such thing as overpaid.

We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world, but we weren't paid like that.

Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the lawyers taking the rest. This is not justice.

I've dubbed for as many number of films as Uttam Kumar has acted in. However, dubbing artistes are never given a recognition and are expected to be conditioned to that too.

Here's something women need to stop doing to other women: We need to stop asking each other to lower our fees, cut our rates or work for free because we're members of the same sex.

As Washington prospers, workers suffer.

We have to change a norm that has been in existance for years .... If we [female actresses] aren't paid equally, why would we be expected to be treated equally.

I think theater is the strongest place to find what's missing in entertainment. Unfortunately, it pays the least.

I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise.

Lawyers are making more money than the cleanup folks are.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor.

Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.

My father resented that I was paid so much more than he was.

Ten cents a day is adequate pay for a workingman.

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.

The pay in the minor leagues, I think it's terrible, it's disgusting, it's exploitative.

There's a personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeable people are compassionate and polite. And agreeable people get paid less than disagreeable people for the same job. Women are more agreeable than men.

Despite my professional experience, the fifteen-hour workdays, and a successful new show that I had helped build, MSNBC was still refusing to pay me what I was worth.

What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.

The best part about my job is that I'm pampered and always treated like a Barbie doll on the sets. But the worst part is that I have to work daily without many breaks.

I didn't get paid. I didn't even care that I didn't get paid.