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And when most low-wage workers are women, but Congress hasn't passed a minimum wage increase in seven years, it's long past time that women deserve a raise.
大部分低工资的员工都是妇女,但国会已经七年没有通过提高最低工资标准的法案了,妇女们得到工资的上涨,应该是很长时间之前的事情了。
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Most low-wage workers are women. And that extra money would help them pay the bills and provide for their families.
大多数低工资的人是妇女。这些额外的钱将帮助他们付清账单,并供养他们的家人。
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It took many years of very low wage growth and rising productivity before Germany regained its edge on costs.
经过许多年工资极为缓慢的增长加上生产率提高,德国才重新在成本上获得优势。
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In other words, I'd gladly offer to work there for low wage in exchange for some real opportunities to learn.
换句话说,我非常愿意以低工资来换取宝贵的学习机会。
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Part of the reason that manufacturing jobs are disappearing may be that fewer people are willing to do this kind of work for a low wage.
造成制造业就业人数锐减的部分原因可能是很少有人愿意底薪做这样的工作。
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In 1958, for example, Phillips showed that for long stretches of British history, high unemployment coincided with low wage inflation, and vice versa.
比如在1958年,Phillips指出在英国历史上很长一段时间里高失业总是和工资的低度通货膨胀相伴相随,反之反是。
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But this is hard to do when countries find themselves squeezed between low wage competitors in poor countries and cutting edge innovators in rich countries.
但做得这一点是困难的,国家会发现自己挤在贫困国家的低工资竞争者和富有国家的前沿创新者之间。