Wage dispersion, or the difference between bottom and top income earners, has grown among women almost as much as it has among men.

女性中同工不同酬和最高和最低收入之间的差距几乎与男性一样多。

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At first the Knights of Labor was a secret society. It was broad based, welcoming blacks, women, farmers and merchants, as well as wage earners.

劳动骑士团起先是个秘密组织，成员的范围很广，除了靠工资为生的人以外，还包括黑人、妇女、农民和商人。

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The leisure shoes of this brand are comfortable and light to wear, the price of which is suitable for the wage earners.

这种牌子的休闲鞋，穿着舒适轻便，价钱适合工薪阶层。

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The tax bill approved by President Obama this week that included tax cuts for the rich in the form of minimized estate taxes along with breaks for the middle and lower-wage earners in the U.S. was voted down by House Democrats Thursday. (See " House Dems Reject House Deal") Markets remained mixed throughout the day.

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Yet despite the recent rise in wages across the board, and despite the massive rise in federal assistance, many poor single wage-earners have still not been able to lift their families out of poverty.

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The increase for a coming year is based on inflation between the third quarter of the prior year and the third quarter of the current year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W. In the third quarter of 2008 energy prices and the CPI-W spiked, giving beneficiaries a hefty 5.8 % COLA for 2009.

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