wage
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Over the years, the union has submitted dozens of local and statewide ballot initiatives, including ones to cap the pay of hospital executives, regulate dialysis clinics, and raise the minimum wage of healthcare workers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Overall, it is more likely to narrow wage inequality than previous waves of technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The combination of high prices and slower wage growth means Americans have to make do with less, at least until inflation begins to recede again.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The country's biggest union, Unia, also warned the initiative would weaken labour protections, abolish rules barring discrimination between resident and foreign employees and "open the door wide to wage dumping".
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“That is certainly far below the wage that I had expected.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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