| 单词 | union pay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion pay union pay n. (a) pay received from one's trade union, esp. in order to make up a shortfall in wages; (b) a minimum guaranteed rate of pay for members of a particular trade union. ΚΠ 1844 Derby Mercury 10 Apr. The Union pay is very small compared with what was expected. 1853 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 31 Dec. 7/2 The girl had been for her union pay, and on her return home was shivering with cold. 1897 12th Ann. Rep. Kansas Bureau of Labor 1896 33 Union pay is $8 to $18 per 1,000 cigars. 1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd iii. 75 Well, if he's badly hurt, there'll be the Union-pay, and sick-pay—we shall manage. 1996 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Mar. a6 I'm getting a regular paycheque and they (strikers) are getting union pay. 2009 P. F. Clark Building More Effective Unions (ed. 2) viii. 130 ‘You get what you pay for’, both in better productivity from higher paid union workers and in higher union pay attracting better qualified individuals to a given job. < as lemmas |
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