We know that jobs in competitive,
traded sectors pay higher wages.
Not exact matches
Applying their estimate of the decline in average weekly
pay to the annual
pay of manufacturing workers nationwide suggests
trade with China led to a $ 455 annual
pay cut in that
sector.
(Of course, don't
pay attention to the fact that the median stock that
trades on the NYSE is below its 200 day moving averaging and stocks in certain
sectors are testing 52 - week lows).
Local parties and
trade unions chose Grenfell Tower, rail services, growth and investment, public
sector pay, workers» rights, the NHS, housing and social care as the eight topics for full debate and votes, with Brexit motions failing to win the necessary backing.
Britain's top earners should «contribute a little bit more» so public
sector workers can have «decent
pay», the head of a
trade union told Good Morning Britain.
Large public
sector trade unions the GMB and PCS fail to advertise on their membership forms that subscription fees include an optional levy let alone giving them the right to opt - in or opt - out of
paying.
This, together with the public
sector pay freeze, will hit the government's spending plans and
trade union members.
The rumours over Ed Miliband leadership continued throughout the week, as
trade unions attacked him for backing coalition rules for public
sector pay.
«This coming year is going to be one of the most challenging years for the
trade union movement - and public
sector trade unions in particular - as the coalition government seeks to make the public
sector and its workforce
pay for the crisis, through cuts to jobs, services,
pay and pensions.
There is a big public appetite for curbing businesses that behave badly and rejecting performance - related
pay in the public
sector — two of the great causes of Labour's Left and
trade union leaders.
McCluskey, who launched a hard hitting attack on the Labour leadership in a Guardian article published in January following the decision in the New Year to endorse a continuation of the government's public
sector pay freeze, admits that the stance has led to a fracturing of trust between Labour and
trade unions.
The private
sector will look more attractive, a union official is warning, if lawmakers separate state building -
trades workers»
pay from prevailing wages.
The public
sector was insulated from these pressures but now faces a similar
trade off... they must share the burden as we
pay to clean it up.»
Conversely, banks are
trading at a significant discount to the wider market — and yet, as a
sector, banks are
paying an average dividend yield which is similar to what's on offer from tobacco stocks.
When Facebook was recently ordered to
pay a half - billion dollars to ZeniMax Media over a
trade secrets violation, the case highlighted the risks inherent in acquiring companies with
trade secrets in
sectors such as technology and manufacturing.