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The UAW workers were pushing for wages closer to the $29 an hour they used to earn in 2008 before agreeing to a 50% wage reduction to keep the plant open during the economic recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Businesses earn repeat custom by being able to give satisfactory responses when things don’t go according to plan.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
He took up the spontaneous change in assignment because he "wanted to earn some extra money", HTA manager Angfurba Sherpa tells the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The company said in 2023 that “99.5% of all streams are of tracks that have at least 1,000 annual streams, and each of those tracks will earn more under this policy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Workers in rural areas, which are home to two-thirds of the population, earn less than a dollar a day on average.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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