'A fair day's wages for a fair day's work': it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fair pay for fair work is a fundamental and eternal right of workers.
- In plain terms
- Workers have a basic right to be paid fairly for their labor.
- What can you take from it?
- Fair wages are a fundamental right of labor.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a wage fair?
- Who decides the value of labor?
Another view
Determining what is 'fair' can be subjective and complex.
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