Word: waging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years Hearst made a thousand city room legends, hired & fired many thousands of men. He spent fortunes for trained seals, but he never gave a leg man a decent wage if he could help it. Most people hated him and he had to take his name off Metrotone News, but the few who are still close to Hearst love him with Irish sentimentality. Paul Y. Anderson called him "a horse-faced man with a squeaky...
...compulsory Annuities. This would enable her to use her $12 to fill the immediate need for which the money was earned. But the Union has neglected Suzie. As yet no demands by the Union or provisions by the University have been made to boost the retirement income of low-wage employees. Suzie's case is therefore far more desperate than Jenny's. Obviously Suzie can not take much more out of her present wages to contribute to the Pension Plan and still keep her financial nose above water. Yet it stands to reason that she should receive something near...
...question most frequently asked with regard to the current wage controversy between the A. F. of L. and the University is "What do do they get in the Square...
Girls working in restaurants not selling liquor commonly receive a $12 wage and tips. In one establishment, where tipping is discouraged, a minimum wage of $14 prevails. Waitresses who are also required to set as salesgirls receive proportionately more...
...restaurants selling liquor, the average wage in the Square is $8, with some places paying less than this amount. In Boston, girls not infrequently work for nothing in such establishments and live exclusively on tips...