We need to come up with a competitive wage rate and structure here!

我们得拿出一个更有竞争力的工资标准和工资结构来！

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The buying power of the federal minimum wage rate is at its lowest point since 1949.

而联邦最低工资水平的购买力自1949年以来已经降至了最低点。

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Before we finish with the topic I should perhaps mention another argument sometimes put forward for fixing a minimum wage rate by statute.

在结束这一论题之前，也许我应当提一下主张以法规形式确定某一最低工资率的另一种论调。

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But those new entrants will not be able to find jobs at the above-market wage rate.

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At some wage rate, all willing and able workers could be absorbed into private employment.

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However, there is worrying evidence that a significant number of employers are not paying apprentices the relevant minimum wage rate.

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