RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's taken years, but in 2016, wages finally started to go up. NPR's Yuki Noguchi explains. YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: The Great Recession ended seven and a half years ago, and job gains have been steady since. But the greater demand

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Lesson Ten Section One: News in Brief Tapescript 1. President Reagan said today he will veto a defense spending bill if it is approved, as expected, by the House. Speaking to a private group in Washin

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Year after year, disappointment is the only result they get in the end. Asking for their legal pay has never been easy for Chinese migrant workers. According to statistics from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the number of migran

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1. withdraw /wiˈdrɔ:/ -- take or draw back or away Tom is my principal backer; if he withdraws his support, I don't see how I can be elected. 汤姆是我主要的支持者,如果他撤销了他的援助,我不知我如何才能被选上。 2.

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Our MPs and judges all got a 1.9% pay increase at the end of this year. It was also back-dated to July 1st. This means the pay increase should have started July 1st so they get that extra increase in one big payment. For most back-bench MPs that one-

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US Unions See Wages Fall Tom Lee is a former president of the American Federation of Musicians, the largest musicians' union in the world. He began his career with the U.S. Marine Corps Band and played many performances at the White House. Although u

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The living wage 最低生活工资 Wage flaws 工资缺陷 Sense and nonsense about minimum wages 最低工资的意义何在 What unites Ed Miliband, the Labour leader; Boris Johnson, Londons Tory mayor; and Barclays Bank? All are keen on the living

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WELLINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's economic growth is set to accelerate from an estimated 3.1 percent in the year to the end of March this year to 3.8 percent in the following 12 months, according to a quarterly average of economic forecas

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BEIJING, Feb.?9 (Xinhuanet) -- The government aims to raise its minimum wage at least 13 percent each year from 2011 to 2015, according to a national employment promotion plan released on Wednesday. China raised its minimum wage by an average of 12.5

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By Nico Colombant Careysburg, Liberia 05 March 2008 Liberia has just one veterinarian. As part of his many government duties, the veterinarian, who is also director of livestock resources, helps prevent bird flu, following outbreaks in nearby countri

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DALI, Yunnan, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. The children, the youngest of whom was five, stood in a line in downtown Dali, a major tourist

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 November 2009 The International Labor Organization reports global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and wages are expected to drop even further this year, despite signs of a

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社会发展的快了,人们的生活节奏也加速变的很快了。可是在紧张的生活之中,我们的步子是不是应该放慢一点呢?是不是应该给生活一个喘息的机会,让它更加滋润呢? Millions of us are in da

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United States 美国 Minimum Wages: Leaving a bad taste 最低工资:留下了坏印象 Higher minimum wages may force bad restaurants out of business. 愈高的最低工资可能使糟糕的餐馆倒闭。 With Republicans in charge in Washington,

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Germany's economy 德国经济 Watching the wages 看工资 Germany's economy stutters, even if the fundamentals are strong 即使家底殷实,依然难逃困境 BLAMING Germanyor at least the austerity prescribed for the euro zone by Chancellor An

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China's average salary will increase by 7% in 2017, according to the latest research by ECA International, an international human resource consultancy. 根据国际人力资源咨询机构ECA国际的最新调查,2017年,中国平均工资将增长

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Leaders 社论 Minimum wages 最低工资标准 The logical floor 多少才合理 Moderate minimum wages do more good than harm. They should be set by technocrats not politicians 实施适度的最低工资标准利大于弊,但是它们应该由技术

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Year after year, disappointment is the only result they get in the end. Asking for their legal pay has never been easy for Chinese migrant workers. According to statistics from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the number of migran

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European migration 欧洲移民 The great escape 胜利大逃亡 Emigration may not relieve pressure on wages in weak economies 在经济疲软的背景下,欧洲人移民国外也许不能在工资方面缓解压力 Purchasing power on the move 购买

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HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS CORRESPONDENT: Earlier today, I sat down with Swati Dhingra. She's an economist at the London School of Economics, and she has been studying potential impacts of the Brexit ever since the referendum was announced. HARI SREENIVAS

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