Word: waging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed, the plan would pay less than minimum wage, so participants will not receive enough money during their year of service to fulfill many obligations. The plan would include people from 18 to 25 years of age, many of whom may be single parents, for instance, with no other income to support their families. Those older than 25 are excluded from the plan, and would have no way of receiving federal financial aid should they decide to go to college...
...displays of conspicuous consumption that adorned Nancy Reagan. In the age of shameless accumulation, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that $800 is a hell of a lot of money to most people. For the more than 7 million Americans who work for the minimum wage, it's considerably more than a month's gross earnings...
Perhaps President Bush would reconsider his opposition to raising the penurious $3.35 per hour minimum wage if he knew how many people can't afford even one Victor Costa gown...
...their promise, ESOPs can mean sacrifices for workers. In many instances, employees accept wage concessions in return for their stock. The United Steelworkers of America has saved dozens of failing mills in such wage- for-stock trade-offs. In distressed industries faced with low-wage foreign competition, says James Smith, a U.S.W. staffer in Pittsburgh, "one of the ways American workers can compete is by having some investment income along with a lower labor income." But an ESOP is no guarantee that a company will thrive. Despite its stock plan, New Jersey's Hyatt Clark Industries, a ball- bearing maker...
...killer sprays a schoolyard with gunfire, police wage an arms race with trigger-happy criminals, and frightened citizens flock to buy firearms...