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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

英闻天下——579 Migrant Workers Struggle to Collect Unpaid Wages

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

【突破英文词汇】with -- back 向后

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.

VOA标准英语2012--US Unions See Wages Fall

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

GM, UAW Agree on New Contract

General Motors Company and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday in Detroit, Michigan. Details of the settlement are being withheld, pending a review meeting with local union leaders and r

新西兰经济发展将提速

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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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

Pirlo joins Juventus on three-year contract

ROME, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Former AC Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo joined Turin giants Juventus on a three-year deal on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Italian international had been released from newly-crowned Serie A champions AC Milan on a mutual acceptanc

Children join parents' petition for overdue wages

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

Athletic renew contract of young defender Laporte

MADRID, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Athletic Club Bilbao this Monday announced that young central defender, Aymeric Laporte has extended his contract with them until the end of June 2016. The extended deal is a reward for the exceptional form the 18- year-ol

Placido Domingo renews contract with LA Opera

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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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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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Barca renew contract of youngster Dos Santos

MADRID, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona this Thursday announced that they have reached an agreement with Mexican midfielder, Jonathan Dos Santos to extend his contract with the club until the end of 2015. The contract extension is another show of fa

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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

PBS高端访谈:退出欧盟对英国的经济会有什么影响?

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