Sentence examples for wages was from inspiring English sources

The Council's demand for higher paying wages was not unprecedented.

A lack of jobs, rather than a drop in wages, was the main problem.

The difference in wages was partly made up by the state.

As a result, they concluded that the fall in wages was caused by the "great recession".

Additionally, the increase in wages was higher than Wall Street expected at 0.3%.

The cost to the city, in lost productivity and wages, was a whopping $1.5 billion.

Not only was it a matter of social justice, Ford wrote, but paying high wages was also smart business.

But even so, this regulation of prices and wages was not enforceable, and the edict was later revoked.

Mr. Dawes said the average labor cost of the jobs being cut, including benefits and wages, was $30 an hour.

The Tory call last week for higher wages was breathtaking dishonesty, echoing the TUC's "Britain Needs a Pay Rise" campaign.

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge, in a ruling made public Thursday, held that Gov. Pat Quinn's order this summer to withhold state legislators' wages was unconstitutional.