2006年VOA标准英语-Chicago Passes "Living Wage" Law

By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 31 July 2006 watch Living Wage report Lawmakers in the Midwest U.S. city of Chicago have approved a measure requiring large-scale discount stores to pay their employees a so-called living wage. As VOA's George Dwyer

美国国家公共电台 NPR Solving The 'Wage Puzzle': Why Aren't Paychecks Growing?

NOEL KING, HOST: A basic principle of economics is that when demand for something goes up, the cost of it goes up, too. So economists wonder why today's high demand for workers isn't translating into bigger increases in pay. Even Federal Reserve Chai

Daily English-2017年05月09日

I just want to have a job with a decent wage. 我只想要份有体面收入的工作。 图片1

英语口语最炫潮流 30 什么时候升职加薪

01. When did you last get a promotion or a pay raise? 你最近一次的升职加薪是什么时候的事? 02. I really hate the competition in getting a promotion. 我真是受够了为升职而你争我斗。 03. I'd like to talk to you about my sa

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3124 wage

今天我们要学的词是 wage. Wage 作为动词，有发动的意思。A top CIA expert on Asia said that China is waging a quiet kind of cold war against the United States. 中央情报局一位亚洲问题专家说，中国正在对美国发动一

法律英语：55 Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees

by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

新西兰英语 682 Youth Wage

The government will bring back a lower starting wage for young people between the ages of 16 and 19. For the first 6 months of a new job, they will be paid $10.80 an hour. This is 80% of the adult minimum wage which is $13.50. In 2008, the Labour gov

VOA慢速英语2015 The ‘Living Wage’ Debate Has Many Sides

AS IT IS 2015-06-14 The Living Wage Debate Has Many Sides Workers and employers around the world argue over the issue of a minimum wage. Workers says they want to receive a minimum living wage that permits them to meet the most basic needs of life su

VOA标准英语2015--Labor Advocates Celebrate Los Angeles Wage Victory

Labor Advocates Celebrate Los Angeles Wage Victory LOS ANGELES Los Angeles is about to become the largest American city to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, an increase to be phased in over five years. The wage is more than twice the current min

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Gender Wage Gap In The Arts

The Gender Wage Gap In The Arts STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We heard a lot during the presidential campaign about the wage gap, the fact that women often earn less than men for the same kinds of work. Hillary Clinton pushed that issue, and she lost. But it

PBS高端访谈:如何缩小经济差距

JUDY WOODRUFF:Back in the U.S., the release of the president's budget today touched off a fresh round of debate in Washington about spending priorities. Mr. Obama called on lawmakers to support investments that would help create jobs. But Republicans

英文原版对话1000个:983 Minimum Wage

Todd: So Greg, we're talking about controversial issues and one of the issues in your book is income disparity. So, what do you think about minimum wage? Greg: Minimum wage. Minimum wage I think is very important to have otherwise employers are going

Govt aims to close income gap with wage hike

BEIJING, Feb.?9 (Xinhuanet) -- The government aims to raise its minimum wage at least 13 percent each year from 2011 to 2015, according to a national employment promotion plan released on Wednesday. China raised its minimum wage by an average of 12.5

CCTV9英语新闻：Differences can be resolved on the South China Sea issue

Beijing says it is confident that China and Vietnam will be able to resolve their differences on the South China Sea issue, just like they have resolved land-border issues in the past. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying made the rema

CCTV9英语新闻：President Xi calls on China, US to manage differences

For more on the dialogue, Yang Xiyu, senior fellow of the China Institute of International Studies joins us. Q1. At the dialogue, President Xi Jinping has said the differences between China and the United States are quite normal, and has called on bo

CCTV9英语新闻：S&ED helps manage differences, promote cooperation

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang says the dialogue enables the two big countries with different social systems, history, and culture to build trust, reduce miscalculations, and promote economic cooperation. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry h

2006年VOA标准英语-Congress Debates Minimum Wage Hike

By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 19 July 2006 watch Minimum Wage report U.S. law has guaranteed most workers a minimum wage since the 1930s. The last increase in the wage was in 1997. Now Democrats in the U.S. Congress say it's time for another raise.

【英语趣味课堂】最低工资-Minimum Wage

Todd: So Greg, we're talking about controversial issues and one of the issues in your book is income disparity. So, what do you think about minimum wage? Greg: Minimum wage. Minimum wage I think is very important to have otherwise employers are going

2018年CRI US experts on U.S.-China trade tensions: economic differences politicized

The recent U.S announcement to impose additional duties on Chinese imports has further intensified trade tensions between the two countries, and experts from top US universities say this is largely because the economic differences between the two cou

CCTV9英语新闻：China-US common interests outweigh differences

China and the US, the world's two biggest economies, are closely interwined, both economically and politically. Premier Li Keqiang also spoke about managing their differences. For some time, many people have been talking about differences between the