71.   Its smaller related plant in Mexico, where polishing was done at even lower wages, was another manufacturing plus.

72.   Landlords want to establish a lower starting wage, meaning that workers new to the profession like Ortiz would in the future start off making less.

73.   Local union leaders say the lower starting wage is opposed by many younger union members.

74.   Leaders from other labor organizations said union members might have accepted a proposal with lower wage increases and without strong job-security guarantees.

75.   Loose labor markets, which see workers vying for jobs rather than employers competing for employees, always spell lower relative wages.

76.   Many U.S. businesses investing in Latin America are corporate giants drawn by lower wages and costs.

77.   Opponents said companies will lay off U.S. workers to hire immigrants who will work for lower wages.

78.   Otomo said the valve cannot yet be made in South Korea or other Asian nations with lower wages.

79.   One likely possibility is that the union may allow a lower wage for workers in any new auto-parts industry that the auto makers may enter.

80.   Part of that displacement comes because immigrants are willing to accept lower wages than native workers.