It is impossible to obtain wages from a republic,' he wrote naively, 'without having duties attached.

One day, black workers call for a strike to obtain higher wages.

Labor shortages give workers the leverage to obtain higher wages, this argument goes, and then companies raise prices to cover the higher costs of labor.

However, due to the labour shortage, workers were able to obtain higher wages through regular strikes.

In 1988 the union organized a National Strike to obtain fair wages and university autonomy.

Often, when one union signed a contract with a school district, the rival group would boast to teachers that it could obtain even better wages and fringe benefits.

This law sought to prevent labourers from obtaining higher wages.

Each union's objective was to obtain increased wages and better working conditions through collective bargaining.

In view of this, you will, then, be attempting to restrict women's opportunities for obtaining higher wages, their having only one or very few potential employers.

Obtaining higher wages and being able to have more than one potential employer are important objectives.