wage hike
Salary bump up
A wage hike is an increase in pay, typically referring to raises for workers or minimum wage adjustments: The union negotiated a 5% wage hike.
The phrase often appears in news coverage of labor disputes, policy debates, or economic reports.
Hike emphasizes the upward movement—wages going up rather than simply changing.
- pay raiseHigher compensation rate
- raiseLift or increase
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- increaseGrowth in amount
- paycheckCompensation for labor
union · union dues · collective bargaining · strike · picket line · negotiation · demand · workers · inflation · cost-of-living · earnings · take-home pay · boost · collective · bargaining · minimum · overtime · contract
- pay changesraise, pay raise, pay cut, salary bump, pay bump
- pay raisesmerit raise, annual raise, salary bump
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
wage hikepay cut
Reduction in earnings
salary reduction · salary cut · pay reduction · wage freeze · pay freeze
wage hikelayoff
Termination without cause
job loss · furlough · downsizing · benefit cuts · austerity measures
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