When the Nixon administration imposed wage and price controls, I was a correspondent in Chicago for Business Week magazine.

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The administration plan for the wage hike was worked out in consultation with Democratic lawmakers who wanted to push for a larger increase.

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He also worries that the closeness of the balance of power in the Senate could delay things still further, particularly given the recent history of using the appointments process to wage a guerrilla war against the administration.

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The Administration has looked at issues from workplace flexibility to wage inequality, and expanded small business lending to women businesses owners though the Small Business Administration.

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He inherited a club he claimed was on the brink of administration and set about cutting the wage budget before controversially sacking long-time boss Fallon in January.

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The Administration has looked at issues from workplace flexibility to wage inequality, and taken action by passing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and supporting the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act.

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Bradford are still in administration but the fact that Carbone will soon be off the wage bill will enable them to offer contracts to 19 players who would otherwise have been released.

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Dundee West MP Jim McGovern said the Scottish government pledge fell short of those made by the devolved administration in Wales, which has committed to cover up to 75% of the wage costs for a company, or 100% for a public body, who opts to take on a former Remploy employee for up to four years.

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The Obama administration points to companies such as Costco, Wal-Mart and Stride Rite that have supported past minimum wage increases.

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