subsistence wage

And they buy clothes made in the 3rd world by workers how are paid subsistence wages.

Workers getting subsistence wages are too poor to save any amount from their income.

Here they received a subsistence wage in the form of rations.

You know, if, particularly so, if you're only on a subsistence wage in the first place.

But many nations, he says, have no better hope than plants paying mere subsistence wages.

Of course, they are talking about millions of dollars, not subsistence wages.

The actors, who committed themselves to working exclusively with the Group, were paid subsistence wages.

"Why should we, the taxpayers, subsidize employers who pay less than subsistence wages?"

Reduce the already deficient supply of teachers by returning them to subsistence wages?

We must create awareness in this area instead of further devaluing it with subsistence wages.

Should it be a subsistence wage and if so how do you calculate how much that is?

In a place like Haiti, subsistence wages may be undignified, but they are better than starvation.

They labor for a subsistence wage, pounding rocks into pieces that will be used to make concrete.

Instead of slaves, they were called 'apprentices' and worked for subsistence wages.

But just think what a doubling of wages would mean to workers struggling on subsistence wages.

He found a subsistence wage quickly, but within a few years, he no longer needed anything but his Equity card.

Long hours and subsistence wages are part of their contracts, as is the threat of being fired without notice or cause.

Others work unreasonably long hours and are paid subsistence wages that (in practice) may only be spent in the company store.

Minor league umpires travel nonstop during the season, spend weeks if not months away from their families and are paid subsistence wages.

Within six months the business was ruined, and Lewis's grandfather lost his income, which was replaced by a subsistence wage.

Millions of people lack health insurance, are working at subsistence wages and are sending their children to largely inadequate public schools.

Russian soldiers have been paying not only with their lives but also with subsistence wages for a war that Moscow had little chance of winning.

They carried no more than bare subsistence wages; and they demanded all her time and energy.

Minor league umpires work long hours for subsistence wages, hoping for the chance to move up to the majors.

They get paid subsistence wages.