Workplace Rights Quotes

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

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.

Many people have mixed views about unions, but unions used to give people some measure of control at work. They gave them a social life and political representation in Washington, which doesn't really exist anymore.

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

Labour was founded to make the lives of working people better and to create more opportunities for everyone. Whether it's aspiring to work as a nurse in a hospital or setting up and running your own business, Labour should be about ensuring fairness so that everyone has the same chance in life to reach their goals.

When I travel around the country and talk about the need to raise the minimum wage or expand access to paid leave, I often talk about the need for us to reject false choices.

Workers' rights are under attack across the country.

Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.

In many instances the conduct of colored workmen, and those who have spoken for them, has not been in asking or demanding that equal rights be accorded to them as to white workmen, but somehow conveying the idea that they are to be petted and coddled and given special consideration and special privilege. Of course that can't be done.

establish and maintain equal opportunity and industrial justice.

It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.

There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.

Countries with short workweeks consistently top gender' equality rankings. The central issue is achieving a more equitable distribution of work.

I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.

In an economy where women now make up half the work force, we're going to have to address the treatment of pregnant employees more systemically. The passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would better protect against the discrimination pregnant job seekers face.

OSHA's decision to regulate home workplaces reflects the agency's expanding conception of its own mission.

You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Family and Medical Leave Act was one of the first things I voted on when I came to Congress. It was very thrilling to me, because when my first child was born, I was terrified of being fired. When my second child was born, I was a member of the city council, and in some ways it was easier to respond to 250 constituents than it was to respond to one employer.

Women need to find the courage to demand what they rightfully deserve. Women should be paid for the same work as their male counterparts, ask for promotions, and stand in their power in their place of employment, whether they are in a boardroom or in the movement.

No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion.

Employers should not be able to impose their religious beliefs on female employees, ignoring their individual health decisions and denying their right to reproductive care. Bosses belong in the boardroom, not in the bedroom.

We must ensure strong, fair and robust workplace rights remain in our country's DNA.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy or gender. It is not illegal to talk about it.

I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners.

There are no employees without employers.