Two-thirds of Spanish wage contracts contain a clause that compensates workers, at least in part, for unexpected inflation.
Workers lucky enough to belong to a big-company union that negotiated its annual wage contracts along with those of workers for other big firms in the same industry tended to do better than average.
At the same time, pending increases in electricity costs and the potential of further labor unrest over the coming months, when wage contracts will be up for renegotiation, as well as uncertainty over mining legislation, have all helped exacerbate an already challenging situation.
He knew that the UAW wage and pension contracts could not survive the regular bankruptcy proceeding that businessman Romney wanted.
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Downing Street backed firms paying a living wage, but said restricting contracts in this way could be illegal.
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As a result, though, not only are nearly a third of young people unemployed but a high proportion of those working have low-wage, six-month contracts.
More to the point, if the employers are able to negotiate to hire more workers at a lower salary that will be more expansionary than if union contracts, minimum wage laws or social convention leads them to hire fewer workers at higher salaries.
Mr Marshall-Ascough said everyone who worked at Crawley Borough Council was on the living wage or more, and that the authority would look at ensuring companies who win contracts with it paid the living wage.
As part of its policy review Labour is looking at ways of making the living wage the new norm, including naming and shaming companies who do not pay the wage and introducing rules forcing government contracts to only be given to those firms who pay it.
BBC: Living wage: Ed Miliband pledge over government contracts
"Our contracts require payment of minimum wage, " says Anne Burt, a spokesperson, adding that Syngenta has a strict policy against child labor.
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.
We have automated certain positions away, walked away from contracts that were not economic at higher wage rates, and had to outsource certain functions to outsiders.
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"We've made losses as a result of selling them but at the same time we've improved our longer-term position in terms of our wage bill by reducing the wages for those particular contracts, " he said.
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As a result, the two pilot groups still work under separate contracts, which have some of the lowest wage rates in the industry.
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It is also considering introducing rules that will see Whitehall contracts awarded to firms who pay workers the living wage or above and giving Treasury-funded incentives to companies who introduce the wage structure.
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That makes the White House claim that 15 million workers would benefit from the planned minimum wage over the next few years pretty extravagant, even as many labor contracts stipulate automatic renegotiation when the minimum is raised.
Lott today threatened to hold up Herman's confirmation, saying he first wanted the White House to clarify the administration's position on the Davis-Bacon law, which requires federal contracts go only to those companies that pay the "prevailing wage" in their region.
The government said it backed companies paying a living wage and would encourage more businesses to do so, but said restricting government contracts in this way could be illegal.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said if the party wins the next election it will introduce rules forcing government contracts to only be given to those firms who pay the living wage.
It usually reflects the union wage and makes it more difficult for non-union contractors to compete for government contracts.
In addition, the government has imposed new social-security contributions on low-wage jobs, and tightened restrictions on the self-employed, part-time work and fixed-term contracts.
Number 10 said the government backed a living wage and "would encourage business to take it up" but warned Labour's plans to restrict government contracts in this way could breach EU procurement law.
BBC: Living wage: Ed Miliband pledge over government contracts
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