Sentence examples for paltry pay from inspiring English sources

As in the US, undocumented workers are largely relegated to difficult work for paltry pay.

Paltry pay has taken an obvious toll on the lives of teachers.

The stories of U.S. Olympians persisting despite paltry pay are common.

But he came anyway, lured more by the presence of family nearby than by the paltry pay.

For one thing, public sector workers have long contended that their enviable benefits make up for paltry pay rates.

Nonetheless, labor organizers have set out to unionize this city's carwash workers, hoping to improve their paltry pay and end widespread abuses.

With the threat of prosecution or a paltry pay-out, amateur archaeologists are unlikely to feel public-spirited.

Now the arbitrator has said they may use no derivation of the Andersen name.Arthur Andersen, on the other hand, has more to worry about than the paltry pay-off.

According to UCU figures, last year the Universities and College Employers Association offered university staff a paltry 1% pay rise, which actually amounts to a 13% pay cut since 2009.

Ashley Cole's chagrin at that paltry £55,000 pay offer trumped even the ghastly New York socialite who said, "tax is for the little people".

Forget about that paltry severance pay of $40M.