"I had that door painted only last week," Mr. Higginbotham half whined, half bullied; "and you know what union wages are."

“那道门我是上个礼拜才油漆的呢，”希金波坦先生半是哀号，半是威胁，“工联规定的工钱有多高你是知道的。”

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Meanwhile, the growth of international competition forced American companies to cut costs to maintain profits, and they have hired workers abroad at non-union wages and closed U.S. factories.

国际竞争的提高还迫使美国公司降低成本，维持利润，并且雇用海外员工，关闭美国的工厂。

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The economic collapse, when inflows of capital halt, can be very painful - even more so if a fixed exchange rate (or currency union) demands a period of falling nominal wages and prices.

当资本流入停滞的时候，经济崩溃可能是非常痛苦的——如果固定汇率(或货币联盟)要求名义工资和价格在一定时期内下降，情况就更加糟糕。

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The long-term unemployed will have to accept jobs that pay less than union wages, or lose their benefits.

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Education and transportation spending are bloated by union wages rates, and compensation levels for government employees are much higher than necessary to attract a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality.

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The powerful prison guards union, for example, bloats the budgets of state-run facilities, whereas companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CXW) and The Geo Group, Inc. (GEO) hold a pricing advantage by being able to pay guards non-union wages.

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