wage freeze
IPA: wˈeɪdʒfrˈiz
noun
- freeze of wages at a given level
Examples of "wage-freeze" in Sentences
- To the annoyance of some of her own caucus, Ms. Horwath held back from sharply criticizing the wage-freeze vow off the bat.
- The five-year deal included some serious concessions from the union, including a wage-freeze and higher healthcare premiums for all members.
- Mr. Holyday said the city felt compelled to make its offer public because of the union made its wage-freeze offer last week at a press conference.
- At Queen's Park, critics said the arbitration for the 16,000 hospital workers is further proof McGuinty's wage-freeze plan is growing more toothless.
- Negotiators for the Mantua Township Education Association and the school district emerged from an 11-hour meeting with a wage-freeze agreement on Thursday night.
- In Downe Township, 56% of voters rejected a 0.12 percentage point tax-rate increase, even after teachers agreed to abide by the governor's wage-freeze and benefit proposals.
- The NJEA opposes the wage-freeze incentive, calling it "another attempt to deflect public attention from the governor's decision to cut from education," said spokesman Steve Wollmer.
- All public-sector workers in Ontario - including municipal police and firefighters who escaped last week's wage-freeze edict - need to do their part to slay Ontario's massive deficits, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Sunday.
- Toronto is dismissing a three-year wage-freeze offer from its unionized outside workers, demanding instead changes to job security provisions for workers with less that 25-years on the job and offering a one-time payment in return.