亚洲网紅露点

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starvation wages

plural noun

  1. wages below the level necessary for subsistence.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of starvation wages1

First recorded in 1885鈥90
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Sure, they鈥檇 made their fortunes by paying starvation wages, and by busting union strikes, and by ruthlessly driving their competitors into the ground.

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He accused the care home sector of paying "starvation wages of 拢20,000-a -year" to foreign workers and called for the salary threshold for workers coming to the UK to be raised.

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Tory backbencher Sir Edward Leigh claimed the care home sector was "handing out visas like sweeties" and employing people on "starvation wages" of 拢20,000.

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The median Googler earned $279,802, hardly starvation wages.

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鈥淭he Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will come to order and let me get to the point of this hearing. Today in our country, over 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, and millions are working for starvation wages,鈥 he began.

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