Sentence examples for worked for a wage from inspiring English sources
As Bethany Moreton wrote in To Serve God and Wal-Mart, the original Walmart fortune was built on the backs of those women – often southern farm wives who had never worked for a wage before – who didn't want to be full-time and didn't expect to bring home much money.
We go out to work for a wage".
Consequently, people had to rely more on earning money through working for a wage.
The future is workers working for a wage; no benefits, no healthcare, no future, no meaningful jobs".
You're not allowed to work for a wage on the side during the dates of your SAFE internship, except as approved in advance by OUR.
The 1834 Poor Law Reform Act divided the poor into helpless paupers to be confined to the workhouse, and free labourers who must earn their living by working for a wage.
The WCA follows the same callous logic as the 1834 Poor Law Reform which divided the poor into helpless paupers who were confined to the workhouse and free labourers who must earn their living by working for a wage.
It's generally agreed that capitalism has three key principles; the majority of "the means of production" (land, resources, capital) are concentrated in private hands; the majority of us work for a wage (ie for other people); and markets are used to mediate between producer and consumer (set prices, etc).
On the other hand, the theory demonstrates that a higher draw on the unobservable λ gives the decision maker an incentive to become both a for-profit and a nonprofit entrepreneur over the alternative of working for a wage.
I thought to continue studying, but the option to get involved with the Trabajadores Sociales [young adults in Cuba who do voluntary social work such as changing everyone's incandescent light bulbs for energy saver bulbs -- see Generation Y entry of 20 June 2008] didn't appeal to me, nor did graduating and working for a wage that wouldn't support me.
