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• wage — wages, salary, stipend, fee, pay, hire, emolument can all mean the price paid a person for his labor or services. Wage or Wages applies chiefly to an amount paid on a daily, hourly, or piecework basis and typically at weekly intervals for labor,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …   Universalium

• sweatshop — /swet shop /, n. a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions. [1865 70; SWEAT + SHOP] * * * ▪ labour  workplace in which workers are employed at low wages and under unhealthy or oppressive conditions. In… …   Universalium

• productivity — pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō dŭk tĭvʹĭ tē, prŏd ək ) n. 1. The quality of being productive. 2. Economics. The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor. 3. Ecology. The rate at which radiant energy is used by… …   Universalium

• Marxism — /mahrk siz euhm/, n. the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, esp. the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class,… …   Universalium

• wage — [wāj] vt. waged, waging [ME wagen < NormFr wagier (OFr gagier) < wage (OFr gage), a stake, pledge < Frank * wadi, akin to Goth wadi, a pledge: for IE base see WED] 1. to engage in or carry on (a war, struggle, campaign, etc.) 2. [Dial.,… …   English World dictionary

• CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Mudginberri dispute — The Mudginberri abattoir was the focus of a major industrial relations dispute from 1983 to 1985 in Australia s Northern Territory which was notable for being the first successful use of legal sanctions against a union since the gaoling of… …   Wikipedia

• piece rate — noun : the price per unit of production paid to a pieceworker * * * compensation based on a worker s quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out. [1890 95] * * * piece rate noun A fixed rate paid… …   Useful english dictionary

• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America — Infobox Union name= UE country= United States affiliation= Independent, ICEM, PSI members= 35,000 full name= United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America native name= founded= 1936 current= head= dissolved date= dissolved state= merged …   Wikipedia