A third new law forced companies doing business with the federal government to pay workers a minimum wage.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

The group reported in March that employers expected to increase hourly wage offers for college interns by five percent from last year.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

The steelworkers union called the strike after failing to reach a wage agreement with company officials.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The pay is seven dollars and twenty-five cents an hour the federal minimum wage.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The cuts include wage freezes and reductions in retirement pay for government workers.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Rabbi Michael Feingold works with immigrant and low-wage workers in New York.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

And trust me, it wouldn't have been honey. But it was the fact that the honey had an opportunity to really change the lives of those people and provide them with a living wage."

VOA: special.2009.06.29

And,this could help put pressure on international brands to ensure those workers are treated properly and paid a decent wage."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

He promised to improve education, nearly double the minimum wage and build more than 5,000 new homes a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

She notes that, while soldiers like Bill Campbell and others wage war, healers like Pax and those working with wounded veterans provide hope.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

But he has also taken a more populist approach promising to nearly double the minimum wage and build 5,000 new homes a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Mr.Obama says he knows Congressional politics will make the task more difficult, and he predicts opponents will wage a campaign to scare the public.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

This 18-year-old plantation worker says he makes $120 a month, a decent wage for his family.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

"We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Saffi employs 450 people at his Kabul Milli Factory, paying them between $400 and $900 per month, which is well above the average wage here.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"Wage increases in one particular factory, no matter how large, are unlikely to be representative of what's going on in the rest of the country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Pyongyang announced in May it was cancelling all wage and rent agreements for the zone, and demanded that the South Korean companies sharply raise their payments.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Many bell ringers are volunteers but others,like Green, work for a small hourly wage.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

"It's a striking number, almost twice the average wage in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25