You have called on the trade unions for wage restraint, as is your right.

But now the metal union was ``leading'' in a campaign of wage restraint.

The government has put wage restraints on workers in the public sector.

He defended the decision to raise rates and his calls for wage restraint.

Their country has been through a painful decade of wage restraint and cuts in government services.

An ongoing pay freeze will be followed by two years of significant wage restraint.

Where workers are well organized, unions exercise the sort of wage restraint you have in mind.

Germany had very strong wage restraint for a long time, which was not exported to other countries.

King has called for wage restraint to combat rising inflation.

As we understand the Accord, the trade union movement accepted a degree of wage restraint.

It anticipated some form of understanding between government and unions about wage restraint.

Since 1945, some ministers had believed that wage restraint was necessary under conditions of full employment.

Wage restraint and reduced working hours are among the factors that have held back the rise in unemployment.

But the move will increase the pressure for public-sector wage restraint and job losses.

In these cases, the centrepiece had been wage restraint as a means of preserving full employment.

During the tripartite meeting, the social partners agreed on a policy of wage restraint.

Germany may have pursued wage restraint, but that is no easy route to prosperity.

On expected labour protests over wage restraint calls: 'The demands are understandable.

He was a leading figure opposing the use of wage restraint on trade unions but saw the policy reversed.

Employees are expected to practise wage restraint, which effectively amounts to a drop in real incomes.

Meanwhile, wage restraint and labour reforms helped employment grow by 550,000 in the year to September.

At a moment when the trade unions were weakened, employees accepted wage restraint as the necessary price to pay in order to keep their jobs.

Although civil service wage restraints are in place, the pay equity process has continued to be implemented as planned.

In the current context of expenditure and wage restraints, this represents a significant challenge.

But there are Labour leaders who do wish to urge wage restraint - and they may well be alienated by this.