wage earner

Noun

Meaning

wage earner (plural wage earners)

Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.

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wage-earner

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Examples

Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful. Bill Pascrell

The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box. Christine Pelosi

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children. Thomas Perez

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. Abraham Lincoln

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. William J. H. Boetcker

[Trade unions should identify] with something higher and wider than trade union industrial demands. It must set these demands into a system of national well-being; the wage earner must become the citizen: the union must become the guardian of economic justice. Ramsay MacDonald

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