A Quote by Viviane Reding

The principle of equal pay for equal work is written in the EU Treaties since 1957. It is high time that it is put in practice everywhere.

Viviane Reding

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Viviane Reding
Politician
Born: April 27, 1951

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

Mao Zedong

Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Now 'pay equity' has everything to do with pay and nothing to do with equity. It’s based on the vague notion of 'equal pay for work of equal value,' which is not the same as equal pay for the same job.

Stephen Harper

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work.

Satya Nadella

The women tennis pros don't really want equal pay for equal work. They want equal pay for inferior work.

Stephen Moore

[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

Barbara Mikulski

Now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.

Barack Obama

We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.

Jan Schakowsky

Equal pay for equal work continues to be seen as applying to equal pay for men and women in the same occupation, while the larger point of continuing relevance in our day is that some occupations have depressed wages because women are the chief employee. The former is a pattern of sex discrimination, the latter of institutionalized sexism.

Alice S Rossi

The EU treaties clearly promote an alliance of national states that, as far as possible, maintain their own responsibilities. There is no mention of a centralized state of Europe in the treaties. The EU Commission's politicking, however, is proof of a certain allergy against this principle of national states and national responsibilities.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a baby-sitter? But because of this, I feel women ought to have equal rights, equal Social Security, equal opportunities for education, an equal chance to establish credit.

Betty Ford

There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.

Amy Landecker

I just want to help other women achieve as much as they can in society without restraints being imposed on us. It's the most natural and normal thing to want to defend your rights to equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work, and everything that comes with that.

Amy Poehler

Politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career. He will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this too right alongside of him.