How to Use fair wage in a Sentence

fair wage

noun
Definition of fair wagenext
  • And the fight for fair wages continues for creatives off the screen.
    — Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • Throw in the handful of strong salutes to the WGA and its crusade for a fair wage, and the heart of the Tonys was in the right — which is to say left — place.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023
  • All employees should get a fair wage, and that should be figured into the price the customer has to pay.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The drivers are asking for fair wages, healthcare, and retirement benefits, the union has said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
  • In practice, the new law was used to suppress socialists and labor unions, as if the Kaiser were behind every demand for fair wages.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The best part is that a lot of these companies are committed to sustainable practices and paying goat herders fair wages.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Executives could outsource their work amid fights for fair wages.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
  • The company ensures that all workers are paid fair wages and have up-to standard and safe working conditions.
    — Fairchild Studio, WWD, 24 June 2024
  • The tradition is also male-led, something Chanakya set out to change by introducing women to the craft and paying them fair wages.
    — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
  • As for the point about the coming loss of union jobs and fair wages, the outcome of the current negotiations will go a long way towards determining that fact.
    — Time, 14 Sep. 2023
  • All business employees asking for tips should ask their employers to pay fair wages and not depend on those of us who work hard for our money to spend it on tips.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • People need a fair wage but the Detroit Three need to remain competitive, forcing both sides to compromise to get to an answer.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Restaurants generally add on a service fee as a way to ensure that employees are paid a fair wage, and to cover costs like healthcare and paid time off.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
  • Unions help workers earn fair wages, get benefits such as healthcare and paid leave, and fight their employers in the event of wrongful termination.
    — Ginny Hogan, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Is your tip a bonus on top of a fair wage—an incentive for good service—or merely a way to transfer responsibility for a fair wage to consumers?
    — Elena Soderblom, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Valuing sustainable farm practices and fair wages for employees, each order is a unique hand picked bouquet.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, protesters on the red carpet held demonstrations for women's rights in Iran, climate change and fair wages for Berlin movie theater workers.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2023
  • But that narrative completely erases the fact that the poorest people in the conversation are the garment workers, millions of [whom] make our clothing and aren’t paid fair wages.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Before the billionaire took the stage, a cardinal from the Vatican pointedly outlined church social justice teaching on fair wages, the rights of workers and care for the planet.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • This involves advocating for Project Labor Agreements to uphold workers’ rights and fair wages.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • While on the picket lines, her top priorities were fair wages, AI protections and shifting from a gig economy to a sustainable career.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But like many migrant workers around the globe, Mansur isn’t going to let that harrowing experience stop him from trying to find an employer that pays a fair wage and treats him decently.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Most of Democrats’ criticism has touched on the idea that the state should not restrict local government’s ability to determine what is a fair wage for workers in their communities.
    — Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Advising them on design, nurturing talent and how to improve quality as well as promoting a healthy way of living, and fair wages.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • To ensure that all employees were paid fair wages, some restaurants banned tipping and increased prices, but this movement toward no-tipping services has largely fizzled out.
    — Nathan B. Warren, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • By booking a trip here, travelers directly support the community: a portion of the proceeds from the lodge go toward fair wages for the staff, local school and infrastructure projects, and guide training.
    — Astrid Därr, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • And 81% of Black women and 62% of Hispanic women reported barriers to receiving fair wages.
    — Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Following impassioned speeches, such as Jane Fonda yelling for fair wages through a microphone at Netflix’s C-suite, picketers handed their signs back to strike captains.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There are the hotel workers protesting in California, demanding fair wages.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The social entrepreneur and activist, who was raised in the slums of Ethiopia's Addis Ababa, is a regular advocate for education, training and equal access to fair wage jobs.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023

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