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  • “It is all very well to appeal for sympathy for the relatively low-paid staff,” he said, “but how would people react if it was announced that every public sector worker was to be paid a £1,000 bonus, in the present state of the public finances?”

    House Points: Vince Cable on bonus culture 2009

  • In contrast, many low-paid jobs – in retail, hospitality and care – have been less vulnerable to the same forces, while high-paid roles have grown; resulting in so-called "lovely and lousy jobs".

    Why the 'squeezed middle' is here to stay 2011

  • Semi-skilled low-paid school safety officers now decide when student behavior is criminal and warrants police intervention rather than teachers, guidance counselors, or school administrators.

    Alan Singer: New York City and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Alan Singer 2012

  • If I am a white southerner, circa 1960s, I get to perpetuate a system where I hold personal privilege, have access to a low-paid and servile work force, and generally occupy a high rung of social status without having to do anything.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010

  • Semi-skilled low-paid school safety officers now decide when student behavior is criminal and warrants police intervention rather than teachers, guidance counselors, or school administrators.

    Alan Singer: New York City and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Alan Singer 2012

  • Semi-skilled low-paid school safety officers now decide when student behavior is criminal and warrants police intervention rather than teachers, guidance counselors, or school administrators.

    Alan Singer: New York City and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Alan Singer 2012

  • It comes as the center-left Lib Dems seek to boost their low poll ratings by ruling out cutting top income tax rates for the most wealthy - an ambition of their Conservative coalition partners - before reducing taxes for the low-paid.

    UK's Cable plans clampdown on executive pay Reuters 2011

  • It comes as the center-left Lib Dems seek to boost their low poll ratings by ruling out cutting top income tax rates for the most wealthy - an ambition of their Conservative coalition partners - before reducing taxes for the low-paid.

    UK's Cable plans clampdown on executive pay Reuters 2011

  • Semi-skilled low-paid school safety officers now decide when student behavior is criminal and warrants police intervention rather than teachers, guidance counselors, or school administrators.

    Alan Singer: New York City and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Alan Singer 2012

  • If I am a white southerner, circa 1960s, I get to perpetuate a system where I hold personal privilege, have access to a low-paid and servile work force, and generally occupy a high rung of social status without having to do anything.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010

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