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Living wage

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Noun
  1. 1
    The minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.

    "The RMT union is claiming a "massive victory" after outsourcing company Mitie agreed to pay the living wage to employees working at Network Rail stations. It follows a campaign by the union to improve pay, with RMT General Secretary Mick Cash commenting: "This is a massive victory in the fight to eliminate the evil of low pay on the railway, [...].""

  2. 2
    a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably wordnet

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