But some in organized labor regard with suspicion efforts to move away from steady, predictable wages set by contract.

Virtually the only jobs in the islands that pay a steady wage or salary are with the government.

Still, the steady wages and benefits make maquiladoras a better option than most local employers.

Yet the men would live under any conditions in return for steady wages.

Albert earned a steady wage, was a good gardener and could afford to keep a wife in reasonable comfort.

At one time, 30,000 miners worked the mountain, all in the government-owned company, which provided a steady wage, subsidized food, housing and health care.

He works for some steady wage, and always will.

There's no returning to the stable jobs and steady wages of the mid-20th century.

Thanks largely to union power, more fortunate workers could depend on steady wages that allowed them to pay off big-ticket items over time.

These employees earned steady wages and received the benefits of social security and worker protection legislation.