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- abbreviation hour
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- abbreviation
hour , Alternative spelling ofhr .
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Examples
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Of course, as has been widely reported by even the Big 3 domestic corporations themselves, the "$70/hr." is something of a red herring, as it represents a combination of actual salary (which both Ford and GM themselves have reported is more in the $30-35 range for veteran skilled labor and about $14/hr. for new hires -- right about the same as workers at the Southern foreign-owned plants get) and benefits.
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So apparently, $311.26/hr. is the going rate for selling ones soul.
Think Progress » The Rendon Group: Proof The Administration Manipulated Intelligence 2005
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But while the Hoover plant used to pay its workers around $20/hr before it shut in 2007, the new jobs will pay $7.50/hr.
Ian Fletcher: The Manufacturing Rebound Is a Myth Ian Fletcher 2011
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Mexican workers can often be hired for less than the taxes on American workers; the average maquiladora wage is $1.82/hr.
Ian Fletcher: More Free Trade Agreements? When NAFTA Failed? Ian Fletcher 2011
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But while the Hoover plant used to pay its workers around $20/hr before it shut in 2007, the new jobs will pay $7.50/hr.
Ian Fletcher: The Manufacturing Rebound Is a Myth Ian Fletcher 2011
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But while the Hoover plant used to pay its workers around $20/hr before it shut in 2007, the new jobs will pay $7.50/hr.
Ian Fletcher: The Manufacturing Rebound Is a Myth Ian Fletcher 2011
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Mexican workers can often be hired for less than the taxes on American workers; the average maquiladora wage is $1.82/hr.
Ian Fletcher: More Free Trade Agreements? When NAFTA Failed? Ian Fletcher 2011
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Can attacks of violence really be over cable TV packages, iPhones, and 24 hr.
Nedda Alammar: Give the Arabs What They Want Nedda Alammar 2011
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Maybe before she bitches about 17 hour days she should calculate what's she's making in terms of $/hr.
See, this is why I love the Internet Tyler 2009
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Can attacks of violence really be over cable TV packages, iPhones, and 24 hr.
Nedda Alammar: Give the Arabs What They Want Nedda Alammar 2011
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