wage slave

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Recent Examples of wage slave Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves. Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wage slave
wage earner
Noun
  • For wage earners, Social Security and Medicare taxes are called FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and are taken out of your paycheck.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 May 2025

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“Wage slave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20slave. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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