Sentence examples for overdue wages from inspiring English sources

In May, 1694, a group of English sailors in a Spanish port grew tired of waiting for overdue wages.

According to the families of Mr Tjexa and Mr Tangasha, they had gone unarmed to collect overdue wages, about $50 each.

The labor union has said it will not accept any restructuring plan until the company pays workers overdue wages exceeding 100 billion won ($88 million).

Bottom club Portsmouth not only lost, 2-0, at West Ham on Saturday, but its players await overdue wages following three changes of ownership this year.

Players have been paid late twice in the last three pay cycles while some staff members are still waiting for overdue wages.

A few days ago, Miao Cuihua posted a protest video online demanding the payment of overdue wages to construction migrant workers in her workplace in Tianjin.

After promising to close the gap between the rich and poor, he now faces the challenge of high expectations - keeping crime at historic lows and reaching a long-overdue wage deal with the city workers' unions.

For far too long, big-money and corporate special interests have undermined the will of the people and subverted policymaking in Washington — enabling soaring health-care costs and prescription drug prices, undermining clean air and clean water for our children, and blocking long-overdue wage increases for hard-working Americans.

The charity, which received £3m in a government rescue package a week ago, used part of its government grant to pay overdue staff wages, a move reportedly against the conditions of the funding.

The charity, which received £3m in a government restructuring package a week ago, used part of its grant to pay overdue staff wages, a move reportedly against the conditions of the funding.

The minimum wage is called a living wage, overdue because low wage workers have not had a raise since 2009, necessary for the just principle that in America a full-time job should earn a family a life above the poverty line.