(womensorg) The gap in average wages between men and women workers has been gradually narrowing, but very gradually. ... Women 25 years of age and over have been with their current employer 4.4 years, on average, compared to 5.0 years for men. ... DeLauro emphasized that the wage gap affects a woman's livelihood and her ability to support a family. Two out of five women in the paid workforce are the sole providers for their families. ... For Ireland once stated that, "When women win equal pay, their families and communities benefit. ...

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She is young and, often, missing the chance for an education because she must work long hours to support a family. ... Workers in Vietnam average $0.12 per hour, and workers in Honduras average $0.60 per hour. ...

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With today's opportunities that the United States provide, more and more illegal immigrants find a way to get here to have a better future not for themselves, but for their families. ... This is because an average American likes to be seen 'clean' and 'spotless' since they want to keep their reputation up as they think that they are in a "upper class" country as Kendall mentioned (333). ... These immigrants who work in the kitchens of restaurants do not care how much they make owing to the fact that they know that they are not as skilled and they won't...

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The most difficult one is the decision between work and family. Especially in Mexico where family is the most important aspect of life. ... While the minimum wage for an average Mexican worker is $4 per day, a Chief Officer may be earning close to $490 per day. ... These economic inequalities have increased the labor movement of men across the border for better paying jobs leaving two out of three families in rural Mexico without any working men at the home (LA Times, P. ... The presence of unions and laws governing labor relations is consistent with one of McGregor's Theory X assumpti...

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Even though many women know of the pay gap between men and women they still continue to work in these environment despite the poorer pay because the job that they are offered offer them flexibility in order to manage both the family and job responsibilities 3. ... On average for ever dollar man a earns a women has made 73 cents in 1998. ... Because women are usually known to trade off higher paying jobs for one that offers a range of flexibility to be able to juggle work and family responsibilities (GAO p.16) therefore when it comes to management they are also offered lower pay because they ...

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Poverty stricken families or individuals live their lives daily dealing with this problem and find it difficult to maintain their livelihood and has disrupted their view on the factors of economy. ... As days have passed, the times have been harder and have not gotten any easier after the great depression leaving several families in difficult situations that has led many talented and deserving individuals homeless. ... Equal Housing lenders have provided households with minimum wage opportunities to live in standard or above average living conditions without paying the standard payment that an...

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They use it to cut down the cost of production, and many workers in developing worlds are happy to be able to work and provide for their families. ... However the lives of the families of the workers that lost their jobs to offshoring have changed irreversibly. ... While offshoring stimulates the economies in developing countries, it is robbing middle class families in America of their American dream. ... In 1990's jobs in IT were sent to India, Malaysia, and the Philippines, where workers received on average 13 percent of an American IT specialist's salary ("Offshoring "). ... Acco...

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Raising wages for farm workers will not affect an average American. Americans spend very less amount of their income on food, the average American family only spends ten percent of their income on food. ... As, Philip Martin, a labor economist at the University of California- Davis explains, "A 40 percent boost in wages would cost the average American household only about $15 a year" (Smith). ... But the unions make sure that workers improve their working conditions, they can raise their families, buy a safer place to live, overcome discrimination and have a respect in society. ...

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The story is about a man named Jurgis and his family coming to America. ... Jurgis and his family took a tour of Packingtown. ... But, misfortune falls upon the family again. ... The rest of the family is stricken with numerous illnesses. ... History has always stated the deplorable conditions of the average worker at the turn of the century. ...

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The advocates for living wage legislation define the living wage as follows: The living wage idea is to raise an individuals income above the federal poverty level for a familys of four. Thus, individuals would not have to raise their family in poverty (Pollin & Luce). ... Further extrapolation clarifies this statement by characterizing the working poor as sole wage earners with families whose aggregated income does not exceed official Federal poverty levels. ... Mothers on welfare in States that raised their minimum, wage continued on welfare an average of 44% longer than their counterparts (...

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This was because back in the day it was thought that men worked harder to support a family than women. ... It has been forty years since the Equal Pay Act was put in action; however, women are still finding out that they earn on average only seventy-eight percent of what men male annually in the United States (Perry 2004, p. 24). ... That being said, football spends about an average of $100,000 per year where the women basketball teams has an expense of about $38,7033 (Castaneda, Katsinas, and Hardy 2008, p.95). ...

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Most of the immigrants had to have an income to survive and take care of their families, so when business owners demanded more hours for less pay, they often had no choice sometimes but to accept what they were given without complaint. ... They went from having absolutely no power, while having terrible working conditions, and extremely low wages to receiving a great deal of government control through unions, and reforms in both working conditions as well as receiving a salary increase, resulting in a respectable wage for an average sized family. ...

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According to economist James Galbraith, the low minimum wage is not good for the families. ... They will have more income to support their families. ... According to United States Department of Labor, a raise in the minimum wage does not affect the average income per person in the U.S in a bad way. ... With a raise in the minimum wage, many families can better support their children economically. ... I mean, why not raise the minimum wage and be helpful to students, families, economy and working class? ...

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The results are going to be different but they are going to explain the broad difference between the average earnings of men and women. ... Although part-time work may be a personal choice and encourage the involvement of women in the workplace, the gap between women and men underlines the fact that they do not use their time in the same way and that the task of looking after dependent family members is largely borne by women (Cool 7) Other studies also demonstrate that the quantity of children is another factor that increases the wage gap. ...

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The majority of the rest of those earners are second income individuals in families with income twice the poverty level. ... For instance, if Walmart employees pay were increased to $12.00 an hour, the average shopping bill would increase only roughly 42 cents (Jacobs, 2012). ... This is based only on the assumption that the worker is the sole source of income for a multi-unit family with no other money being brought in. ...

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He once makes a very absurd comment that said, "with the money I"m making now, I can't afford to support my family." ... Even though they can only make good money in a short amount of time, it is still thousands of times more than average workers. ...

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The LBH presented and Indonesian woman's pay slip for August that showed she had worked and average of four and a half-hours of overtime day (Connor & Atkinson, 1996). ... Nike provides these living quarters that often times are worse than the average Indonesian village. ...

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