Example sentences for: minimum-wage

How can you use “minimum-wage” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I had thought that Ms Fox's presentation would be viewed by the general public as noncontroversial as well, but I was mistaken: The letters column last week had no fewer than six angry letters, calling us "intellectual diddlers" and "well-paid academic theorists" who "confine" our "victims to minimum-wage jobs."

  • Unlike Levi's, Guess has made its way in the world by subcontracting out production work, violating minimum-wage and maximum-hour laws, and suing everyone in sight.

  • (Dole included Hutchison's proposal in the economic package he introduced after the minimum-wage bill had sailed through Congress on its way to a sure presidential signature.)

  • Her mixed priorities when it comes to women were also revealed by the fact that she voted "nay" on the minimum-wage bill even though it included her own IRA proposal--and despite the fact that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 60 percent of people working at minimum wage are women.

  • An article explains why businesses are not opposing a proposed minimum-wage hike.


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