People who for years had been ground down by high prices for the commonest necessities, considered seriously the question of the "salariat" joining forces with organizing labour under a banner that might be red. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
In spite of its own interests in restraining a rise in prices, the old official "salariat" is likely to be obstructive to any such innovations. From Wordnik.com. [War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war] Reference
For sure, the EU is a huge apparatus, staffed by thousands of rent-seekers and supported by a massive salariat which depends for its position and influence on EU action. From Wordnik.com. [An institution in decay] Reference
From the beginning of the mechanical age, the men of science, the technical experts, the inventors and discoverers, the foremen and managers and organizers, had been essentially of the salariat. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
He had no proper civil service available to control large public works; it was impossible to change the American technicians at one blow from quasi-financial operators to a candid, devoted public salariat. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
Down-sizing, delayering, outsourcing and reengineering haunt the suburbs as well as the inner cities, mocking the commitments and hollowing out the institutions which were once the lodestars of the salariat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
VISAKHAPATNAM: With yet another Union Budget approaching, the salariat and the corporate sector are abuzz with speculation over tax proposals. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
It was Taine who famously described the Jacobin revolution as the product of an impoverished salariat, an oversupply of educated labour: "students in garrets, bohemians in lodgings, physicians without patients and lawyers without clients in lonely Offices…so many Marats, Robespierres, and St Justs in embryo.". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"Have you ever heard," he inquired, "of the black-coated salariat?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18] Reference
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