A nation only gets left behind if it demands wages higher than the current market price for that labor.
Most were immigrants who demanded better wages and working conditions.
"If we demand higher wages then investors will go elsewhere," he said.
They demanded from the administration higher wages and shorter working day.
How about teaching the poor to vote so they could demand living wages?
The teachers had been striking for months to demand higher wages.
They have been demanding higher wages and the right to form an independent union.
They demanded an 8 hour day, higher wages and no more night work.
With unemployment low, workers are demanding and getting higher wages.
Workers are not greedy when they demand fair wages and benefits for a hard day's work.