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living wage

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as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples on the Web Both groups bear the brunt of militarized policing and harsh sentencing; both have rallied for social justice, a living wage, and better government services. —

James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015 That’s still not a living wage for a full-time worker in California and certainly not in the Bay Area. —

Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024 The average living wage for a family of four in the US is about $104,000 per year, according to the MIT Living Wage calculator. —

Oshan Jarow, Vox, 22 July 2024 Just 6 percent of companies in these areas commit to the ILO core labor rights in their own operations, while none demonstrate efforts to pay workers in the supply chain a living wage. —

Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for living wage

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