Word: waged
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Moving from a discussion of the economic promise offered by technological and worldwide trade developments to an analysis of economic woes-wage stagnation, income inequality and the unavailability of health care coverage--Gephardt introduced five goals to guide future policy...
...specific policy initiatives, he proposed a tax reform measure under which three quarters of Americans would pay a rate of 10 percent, and he endorsed raising the minimum wage...
...income women face a secret time bind," said Kathryn Edin, a sociologist from the University of Pennsylvania and the author of a book on single mothers' struggles with welfare and low-wage work...
...tightrope of low wage employment is for the first time since the 1930s a walk without a net," Edin said...
Student activists who support the HDS boycott claim that non-unionized grape pickers are exploited by their employers. According to United Farm Workers (UFW) fact sheets distributed in the dining halls, the average worker receives little more than minimum wage and no benefits or job security for working with dangerous pesticides and without toilets or drinking water...