Yet, even when it is sub-optimal, a minimum wage higher than the market rate raises the level of employment anyway.

Such low wages raise the question of whether autoworkers could even afford new cars.

The union wanted across-the-board wage raises of 5 percent and pay increases for senior nurses.

His supporters said he had got wages raised and would get the agricultural labourer 40/ a week.

They come faster than wages raise these days.

Economists say that employers would pass on the costs to their workers by reducing the amount of money available for wages or future pay raises.

I will continue to press forward to get the minimum wage raised to five dollars and forty cents an hour.

Meanwhile, film rental and advertising costs are going up, and a higher minimum wage has raised the cost of labor.

Such wages have raised concerns about the exploitation of elderly workers.

The earned-income tax credit should also be increased and the minimum wage raised.