Sentence examples for taking a wage from inspiring English sources

Then there were 2,500 smoked salmon canapes, nine roast steamships of beef and nine honey-glazed hams, all in a year when the union's 125,000 members, with a median salary of about $27,500 a year, were taking a wage freeze.

I felt embarrassed taking a wage.

We were married for 22 years but I never knew what it was to take a wage off him.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, it would take a wage growth of at least 3.5% to 4% for workers to feel the impact of the recovery.

Rooney took a wage cut to return to Everton, where he will earn approximately half of the £240,000-a-week wage he enjoyed at Old Trafford, and had more lucrative contract offers from China.

For management, getting the union to take a wage freeze -- however obscured behind bonuses and future considerations -- was an emphatic statement that it is winning the battle to get costs under control and keep union power in check.

"These people are thieves, they are crooks; if they were really honourable they would lead by example and take a wage cut just like everyone else before talking about austerity".

Turning to French business, one would hear the same story: that the problem is not so much wages as the lack of flexibility regarding firing.A recent poll published by Le Monde showed that 70% of French workers were ready to take a wage cut to create jobs, but did not want to hear about raising job turnover.

The La Liga club, who suffered a comprehensive 3-0 defeatoto Swansea in the Europa League last week that saw home fans protest by leaving the stands for 15 minutes, have been crippled by financial instability in recent years, but they are hopeful that their former star-midfielder could force through a move and take a wage cut in order to return Valencia.

He took a wage cut from £70,000 when elected.

The 29-year-old refused to take a wage cut and was made redundant by Hearts.