Quotes About Workforce

The biggest lie of all is the notion that robots don't take jobs, they create jobs. The robots don't do that— the humans do.

We took the position we wanted our people to be better than minimum wage, so we're going to pay better than minimum wage, and we still do that.

Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage.

We will always be a fair wage nation in a low wage region.

If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch. Ever more people are starting to fall on one side of the divide or the other. That's why 'average is over.'

Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.

Legally, many contractors are required to pay a prevailing wage. However, bad actors often find ways to get around this requirement.

Retail employees are the underdogs or 'Rudy' of the work force. They start off at the bottom trying to gain experience, but rarely expect a good wage, a good experience or any career mobility. We need to change that mindset.

As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers.

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

The global equalization of wages and the exponential growth in technology has created a job-killing machine that's only going to get worse.

Firms are not always willing to cut wages, even if there are people lined up outside the gates to work. So why don't they?

The fact that people are dropping out of the labour force says one of two things: either employers have no use for them, or they have no use for the jobs that are being offered at the wages they can command.

If you are trying to favor the unions by having more rigid labor market and keeping wages very high, you could be blocking people from getting new jobs.

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

Wal-Mart creates entry level jobs for people who don't have a lot of skills; those jobs don't pay a lot.

People that create jobs create tax payers, which benefits society as a whole.

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.

A lot of the best technologists live and work in Canada, and every once in a while, they are aggregated by a Canadian company, and then suddenly, they're not anymore. But the people are still here - they're just working for American companies to the benefit of American bottom lines.

It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer.