Word: wage
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wages had jumped more than 4% in the past three months, and more demands were on the way. "Another round of wage increases, such as we have had in the last two years, could be disastrous," said Macmillan flatly, in a speech at Newcastle upon Tyne. "I do not use the word lightly. I use it advisedly and with a full sense of responsibility...
...wage increases, said Macmillan, "will not bring benefit to anyone. It would only bring benefit to men in a particular industry if they were the only ones to get it. But they will not be. If one starts, others will follow. No one will gain anything except more and more paper money, which will buy less and less...
...Premium pay for Saturday and Sunday by some 30% of the industry's work force (average wage: $2.45 an hour...
...Supplementary unemployment benefits, similar to the United Auto Workers' Guaranteed Annual Wage, to compensate laid-off workers for as long as 52 weeks...
...substantial" wage increase, based on the industry's "profitability...