Sentences with phrase «workers below the poverty line»

There is a 58 percent figure mentioned, but it has to do with the racial makeup of restaurant workers affected: 58 percent of workers below the poverty line, according to the report, are people of color.

At $ 10.25, the minimum wage forces workers below the poverty line.

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One - quarter of American workers make less than $ 10 per hour, which creates an income below the poverty line.

Furthermore, among the increased earnings among workers that would result in an increased minimum wage, only 19 percent would go to families with earnings below the poverty line.

Of the total NREGA workers, almost 80 - 85 per cent belong to the below poverty line, while the remaining are above the poverty line.