American Workers Quotes - Page 2

• I do not imply that in the U.S plants, industrial plants, are places of exploitation where man is oppressed. 1 know that there are a great number of advantages here for too American worker.

  Che Guevara

  Men, Numbers, Plant

  Source: guevaristas.org

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• We're going to rebuild America with American workers and American tools.

  Mike Pence

  America, Tools, Workers

  "For Construction Projects, 'Buying American' Means Higher Costs", kenw.org. February 28, 2017.

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• I am totally in favor of trade. But I want trade deals for our country that create more jobs and higher wages for American workers.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Jobs, Wages

  Source: www.npr.org

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• President [Barack] Obama - he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, but he still used the Labor Department in other ways to try to boost paychecks for American workers.

  Rachel Martin

  Effort, Trying, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.

  Wilbur Ross

  Disadvantages, Sensible, Trade

  "Donald Trump Has Plans To Hit The Ground Running". wxxinews.org. January 20, 2017.

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• My every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families.

  Donald Trump

  Decision, Immigration, Benefits

  Source: www.npr.org

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• In what do the activities of the Communist Parties consist? In what ways can they manifest themselves? These activities usually consist in the organization of working masses, in organizing meetings, demonstrations, strikes, etc. It is absolutely clear that American Communists cannot perform this in Soviet territory. The American workers are not in the U.S.S.R.

  Joseph Stalin

  Party, Organization, Territory

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• I think that when it comes to issues of trade, I think it is important for us to be in favor of trade, but I also think it is important to make sure that we are putting in place the labor standards, the environmental standards, that are going to provide some of a fighting chance for American workers.

  Barack Obama

  Fighting, Thinking, Issues

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I am not supportive of large multi-national corporations that made billions a year in profit and don't pay a nickel in taxes, nor am I supportive of those corporations who throw American workers out on the street and then move to China or Mexico.

  Bernie Sanders

  Moving, Years, Supportive

  "Bernie Sanders vs. Business Owner Who Says He Is Being 'Kicked In The Teeth' By Taxes And Regulations" by Tim Hains, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 10, 2017.

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• Globalization has delivered many benefits for international donors, but it's the job of politicians to represent the people - and to put American workers first.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, People, Benefits

  "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Student Debt, Immigration, and More". Interview with Judith Ohikuare, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 11, 2016.

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• Look the, the American worker has been losing - for decades now. We've seen manufacturing in decline here in the industrial Midwest.

  Mike Pence

  Midwest, Looks, Losing

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• If Mr. Trump wants to work with us to make sure that trade works for the American worker, not just CEOs of corporate America, you have got a partner, partner.

  Bernie Sanders

  America, Want, Trump

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I want to make sure that the American worker has an opportunity to see their wages rise and their incomes increase.

  Rick Santorum

  Opportunity, Income, Wages

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The average American worker gets something like 14 days of paid vacation. In my school, you'd use up ten of those taking care of your kids on teacher professional days, then tack on a couple more for kids getting sick.

  Hanna Rosin

  Teacher, Couple, School

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• If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I'll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I'll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America, because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner.

  Barack Obama

  Struggle, Shoes, White

  Msnbc live with Cenk Uygur, www.nbcnews.com. February 25, 2011.

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• An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid

  Gary Miller

  Country, Cutting, Pay

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• A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes. So that's why we can't get anything done in the morning: We're government workers.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Morning, Humor

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• It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control.

  Elaine Chao

  Giving, Choices, Levels

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• America's workers face a battle for their jobs. They are the finest workers in the world. American workers grow, harvest, and mine some of the world's highest quality and most plentiful raw materials.

  Christopher Bond

  Jobs, America, Battle

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• Let me make our goal in this program very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Our policy has been and will continue to be: What is good for the American worker is good for America.

  Ronald Reagan

  Jobs, Government, America

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981".

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• Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.

  Christina Romer

  Government, Competition, Wages

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• I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.

  James P. Hoffa

  Apologizing, Workers, Standing

  "Hoffa's Tea Party Rhetoric Too Violent?". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk, than an American worker earns in a lifetime of cleaning toilets. Forget the old maxim about nothing succeeding like success: Today, in the executive suite, the all-too-prevalent rule is that nothing succeeds like failure.

  Warren Buffett

  Toilets, Today, Succeed

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.89, John Wiley & Sons

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• Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

  Ted Strickland

  Home, Risk, Pioneers

  "Ted Strickland Speech Text: Read The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.

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• At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

  Ted Rall

  Boss, Respectful, Workers

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