31. States would not be able to opt out of minimum wage levels already in place. 32. Truckers'representatives and government officials met today, with drivers demanding the government set fixed wage levels . 33. Lower wage levels are on average 13 % higher than similar jobs at local businesses. 34. In the past, the government has usually accepted the wage levels advocated by the LPC. 35. The government raised the minimum wage levels early this year by 10 . 7 percent. 36. German wage levels must also be examined, he said. 37. True, wage levels in the east have risen to 75 percent of those in the west. 38. There will be some cost in wage level , 39. Pyburn defended Avondale's wage levels , saying they are the highest of any shipyard in the area. 40. That, along with Labour's pledge to consider a minimum national wage level , could threaten share prices.