As in raises, or working longer hours to make more money?
As in, quality workers want an increase in actual, physical money in their pockets, and they'll do whatever it takes - they'll work smarter, longer, harder - they'll deserve a raise. Quality people understand their own needs and what it takes to provide them. Quality people do not stand around with their hands out and their mouths open - they take the initiative to meet their own needs however they must do it.
People of quality will do whatever it takes to provide themselves an adequate life. They understand that what is good for the business, is also good for them. If they find that is not the case, that their boss is a selfish miser, then they find a different job...or else < gasp > create one of their own, where they will fight and scrape to make it work! Once they create a viable business, they'll hire people to work for them, and they will recognize a quality worker when they are fortunate enough to find one. Then, and only then, will they offer him/her benefits and raises.
If you don't understand this concept, you are not a conservative.