1.   For Republicans running in blue-collar districts, where raising the wage attracts support, the argument hurts.

2.   He was able to raise the wages of some key staff.

3.   To raise his wage without raising his Marginal productivity would be to put his pay above his contribution.

4.   Ultimately, economic growth and improved education are the best ways to raise wages.

5.   Workers with reduced social protection were unable to raise their wages to compensate.

6.   An important part of the argument is that the competitive effect of these expanding sectors in the district labour market was to raise the wages of agricultural labour.

7.   Emphasizing the role of competition between firms in raising real wages may appear to fly in the face of the everyday reality of pay negotiations.

8.   So they can only raise real wages if product markets are tight enough to prevent the employers from passing all money wage increases on in higher prices.

9.   And unionized cleaning contractors often say that if they raise wages substantially, they will lose their profit margins and be undercut by nonunion competitors.

10.   Any day now, they say, employers will have to respond by raising wages to lure and hold workers.