Lower their wages, bring themselves to dust.

为减少工资，归于尘埃而投。

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Second, employers are reluctant to retain or hire older people, mainly because they find it hard to lower their wages if their productivity slips.

雇主不愿保留或再雇佣年纪较大的工人，主要原因是，这些雇主发现，即使这些人的生产力大不如前了，也很难把他们的工资降下来。

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In lower paid occupations, when wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards.

对于薪资较低的职业，工人会在薪资降低时增加加班的时间或者做额外工作，以维持他们的生活水准。

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Those who enter the work force during downturns tend to go for decades earning lower wages than their counterparts who started their careers when the economy was healthy.

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In both Newfoundland and Saskatchewan, the strikers complain that their wages are lower than those in neighbouring provinces, leading to staff shortages.

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At Honda the workers complained that their wages were disproportionately lower than those of their foreign managers.

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