Given enough time, a two-tier wage system can permanently lower wages in an entire industry.
The offer included a wage system based on merit, with nurses' pay increasing 10 to 22 percent over five years.
The basic wage system remained in place in Australia until 1967.
Our present wage system is slavery in its worst form.
He also insisted that a two-tier wage system was out of the question.
By giving in here, the players have agreed to what amounts to a two-tiered wage system.
Those terms included a new wage system based on merit and a reconfiguring of sick time.
"Legislatures are beginning to understand that they have to clean up the wage system."
However, the report also contains requirements for minimum wage systems.
The company reformed its wage system and structure in 1993.