11.   The prevailing wisdom is that tight labor Markets and higher wages finally will start driving up prices.

12.   Thus a higher wage rate increases the supply of hours of work, but reduces the demand for hours of work.

13.   We need to give breaks to those companies offering higher wages, insurance and career benefits.

14.   What was needed was a wider distribution of the profits of industry, especially through higher wages.

15.   The improved economy will provide a better climate for workers to push for higher wage rates.

16.   Increasing unionization led to demands for higher wages and shorter hours.

17.   Weekly we read of unions that went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business.

18.   The communiqu added that consumers in the industrialized countries should not be protected from rising oil prices through higher wages as this would only serve to fuel inflationary pressures.

19.   The availability of higher wages did not necessarily produce a commensurate increase in consumption.