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Recent Examples of living wage
The Padres, early on, implored the mayor and City Council to remove Petco Park from the tourism wage mandate, arguing that the team is already subject to the city’s living wage ordinance, which imposes a higher wage floor than the citywide minimum wage.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
What is considered a living wage in Indianapolis?
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
As of 2024, 39% of factories are paying a living wage, and an additional 29% are paying wages that are 80% of living wages or more.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
What is considered a living wage in Indianapolis?
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
As of 2024, 39% of factories are paying a living wage, and an additional 29% are paying wages that are 80% of living wages or more.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
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The social crisis also persists, with minimum wages failing to cover basic living costs and public services showing little improvement.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2026
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For example, the Court upheld the Social Security Act in 1937 and upheld state minimum wage laws after previously ruling against them.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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