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                                <title><![CDATA[ Low-income Malaysians must work longer for basic food items, UM study reveals ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 01:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Low wages and income inequality limit households' ability to afford adequate and nutritious food. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt to provide funds to raise salaries, says PM ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Anwar Ibrahim says mechanisms such as the minimum wage can be used. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rafizi entitled to talk about what's good for the country, HR minister says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ V Sivakumar says while wage issues and policies are under his ministry, he and Rafizi Ramli are both members of the  National Economic Action Council. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Proposal to improve civil service salary scheme in stages on the cards, says PM ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Anwar Ibrahim says this will depend on the country's economic capabilities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Trades union body in support of progressive wage policy ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Trades Union Congress says the government must intervene in annual salary increases and that market forces cannot determine the price of labour. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Most big Japanese firms heed prime minister's call to raise wages this year ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kishida's administration has repeatedly urged companies to make maximum efforts to lift employee pay, which has failed to keep up with the fastest inflation in 40 years. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK nurses stage new walkout over pay ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are holding the latest one-day stoppage after walking out for the first time in the union's 106-year history. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sterling drops as falling UK house prices add to recession worries ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The UK is facing a winter of strikes as workers from rail staff to teachers and nurses demand better pay as cost of living surged, aggravated by rising energy costs following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK ambulance workers announce strike dates in December ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Workers across a wide range of sectors are currently taking, or planning to take, industrial action in Britain as inflation outstrips wage increases, and with the economy likely already in a recession. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Australia raises permanent migration numbers amid labour squeeze ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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