wage settlements
1wage-price control — Setting of government guidelines to limit increases in wages and prices. It is one of the most extreme approaches to incomes policy. By controlling wages and prices, governments hope to control inflation and prevent extremes in the business cycle …
2Singapore in the Straits Settlements — This article is part of the History of Singapore series …
3guaranteed wage plan — ▪ business system by which an employer ensures a minimum annual amount of employment or wages (or both) to employees who have been with the employer for a required minimum period of time. The United States has had more experience than other …
4Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
5Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
6Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
7Social Contract (Britain) — The Social Contract is a term used to describe policy by the Labour government of Harold Wilson in 1970s Britain.In return for the repeal of 1972 Industrial Relations Act, food subsides and a freeze on rent increase, the TUC would be able to… …
8Emil Rieve — (June 8, 1892 ndash; January 24, 1975)Saxon, Emil Rieve, Unionist, Dies, New York Times, January 26, 1975.] was a Polish American labor leader. He was president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) from 1939 to 1956, a vice president of …
9Chile — For other uses, see Chile (disambiguation). Republic of Chile República de Chile (Spanish) …
10incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls. [1955 60] * * * Collective governmental effort to control the incomes of labour and capital, usually by limiting… …
