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Worker-rights group wants airport wages raised

2013-05-18 02:27:37| Airlines - Topix.net

Community activists and an interfaith group want Philadelphia City Council to amend a lease agreement between the city and US Airways Group to boost the salary of 1,500 low-wage airport workers and require future hiring for ground-service jobs to come from neighborhoods around Philadelphia International Airport.

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Software developer wages fall 2 percent as workforce expands

2013-05-17 17:11:46| InfoWorld: Top News

The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2 percent. There are multiple theories for the decline in pay, but a common one cited by analysts is simply that the new people being hired are paid less than those already on the job.

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BANGLADESH: Plans to raise garment worker wages

2013-05-13 14:37:33| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

The Bangladeshi government is to set up a new minimum wage board to review the pay of ready-made garment (RMG) workers and pave the way for an increase in wages.

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BANGLADESH: Doubling wages would add 2p to T-shirt cost

2013-05-10 13:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Doubling the wages of a textile worker in Bangladesh would add just 2p to the cost of a T-shirt bought on the UK high street, according to calculations.

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