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Next Page »Cori Bush: Exploited Workers
on Wednesday, May 19, 2021
“Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn’t earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it” — Cori Bush
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Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn't earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 19, 2021
Neil Sheehan: American Workers
on Thursday, January 7, 2021Neil Sheehan Money Quote saying that it is now expected and routine that we have basic worker support for basic economic issues. Neil Sheehan said:
“Ideas of the kind that are now taken for granted in American life — nutrition and welfare support for dependent children; free medical care for the impoverished and the aged; the right of workers to organize a union, to receive a minimum wage, to strike; interracial cooperation” — Neil Sheehan
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Andrew Yang: Essential Raise
on Wednesday, May 27, 2020Andrew Yang Money Quote saying Everyone is quick to heap praise and love on front-line critical workers during the coronavirus, but they’d probably be happier with more money than they are being paid to put their lives at risk for work. Andrew Yang said:
“Instead of praise most essential workers would prefer a raise” — Andrew Yang
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Instead of praise most essential workers would prefer a raise.
— Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) May 23, 2020
Abigail Disney: Jesus Christ Salary
on Tuesday, May 28, 2019Abigail Disney Money Quote saying there is no one, not even Jesus Christ, who is worth 500 times the average employee’s rate of pay. Abigail Disney said:
“If your CEO salary is at the 700, 600, 500 times your median workers’ pay, there is nobody on Earth, Jesus Christ himself isn’t worth 500 times his median workers’ pay” — Abigail Disney
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Nicole Sallak Anderson: Wage-Less Women
on Thursday, June 22, 2017Nicole Sallak Anderson Money Quote saying women have worked without pay forever, as homemakers, caregivers and mothers and deserve a Universal Basic Income (UBI). Nicole Sallak Anderson said:
“Many men are fighting for Universal Basic Income as a means to save themselves from a wage-less future — what have women, many of whom have been wage-less workers for decades, been waiting for?” — Nicole Sallak Anderson
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Nick Hanauer: Not Slash Poverty Programs
on Saturday, January 9, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying reduce government bloat by increasing wages so poverty programs aren’t needed. Nick Hanauer said:
“Let’s by all means shrink the size of government, but not by slashing the poverty programs, but by ensuring that workers are paid enough so that they actually don’t need those programs” — Nick Hanauer
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Nick Hanauer: Pay a Living Wage
on Friday, January 8, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying paying employees better means they won’t need public assistance programs to relieve poverty. Nick Hanauer said:
“When businesses pay workers a living wage, taxpayers are relieved of the burden of funding the poverty programs like food stamps and medical assistance and rent assistance that those workers need” — Nick Hanauer
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Nick Hanauer: More Customers, More Money
on Thursday, January 7, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying better paid employees means more customers for business. Nick Hanauer said:
“When workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more employees” — Nick Hanauer
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