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Workers Quotes

On labor, skills, and the changing shape of work.

This collection looks at how labor movements tend to feel the first tremors of larger economic shifts, and how companies today cite a shortage of skilled hires as their biggest constraint. See Economy quotes for more.

Socialism as such from its very origins is a workers' system, and when there occur deviations, it is workers that react first.

Quotes by Wojciech Jaruzelski

Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills.

Quotes by William J. Clinton

We shouldn't bring in foreign workers to do jobs that belong to U.S. citizens.

Quotes by Virgil Goode

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.

Quotes by Tom Peters

Against Quotes

I was betting on cockfights in the Filipino workers' camps when I was 11.

Quotes by Susanna Moore

Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico, and this is certainly not what the Mexican workers signed up for.

Quotes by Stephen F. Lynch

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers.

Quotes by Stephen F. Lynch

Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.

Quotes by Stephen F. Lynch

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Quotes by Stephen F. Lynch

American Quotes

Individuals with significant care needs increasingly receive services in their homes rather than in institutional settings. And correspondingly, residential care increasingly is provided by professionals employed by third-party agencies rather than by workers hired directly by care recipients and their...

Quotes by Sri Srinivasan

We might be workers, but we are not happy go-lucky jungle bunnies.

Quotes by Slick Rick

T-Mobile U.S.A. is one company that uses fear and intimidation to scare workers away from union representation.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Workers in Myanmar must have an effective remedy when their rights are violated.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

In San Diego, our local innovation economy is a thriving industry employing thousands of highly skilled workers.

Quotes by Scott Peters

American Workers Quotes

Thankfully, President Trump has made clear: The regulatory assault on American workers is over.

Quotes by Scott Pruitt

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

Quotes by Sally Phillips

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

Quotes by Robert Wyatt

The Soviet Union used the exploitation of workers under capitalism as an agitational issue to subvert Western democracies even as it practiced slave labor at home.

Quotes by Robert Zubrin

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Economy Quotes

As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Workers quotes page focus on?
It covers labor from an economic angle: how worker movements tend to react first to larger shifts, the modern skills gap companies face when hiring, and the decades-long move from factory floors to office cubicles. It reads as workplace and economic commentary.
Why do people search for quotes about workers?
Work shapes daily life for most people, so quotes about labor, fairness, and changing job markets tend to resonate broadly. These lines offer a few different economic perspectives on the same underlying topic.
Is there a quote about labor systems reacting to change first?
Yes, one entry argues that within worker-driven systems, it is workers themselves who respond first when something starts to go off track. Related reading appears under Economy quotes.
Does this collection mention a modern skills gap?
It does, noting that many companies today cite difficulty finding workers with the right skills as their biggest obstacle to growth. It is presented as a straightforward business and economic observation.
Is there a quote about the shift from factory to office work?
Yes, one entry traces how workplace changes that once reshaped blue-collar jobs eventually reached white-collar offices as well. It frames labor change as a long, ongoing process rather than a single event.

A wider view traces the decades-long shift that once reshaped factory floors and later reached office cubicles too. Browse American Workers or American quotes next.