Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill the shopcraft unions announced that they would observe the congressional ban but would strike at 12:01 a.m. on May 3, the moment the extension expires. Neither the railroads nor the unions showed any inclination to budge from their bargaining positions. The railroads were offering a 5% pay hike while the shopcraft unions sought...
...inflation. He was no sooner in office than he counter manded a Castello Branco order and rehired-at least temporarily-1,500 surplus social security workers who had just been fired. He also suspended a special 15% profit tax that Castello Branco had put through, held up a fare hike on some government rail lines and hinted that he might even double the country's minimum wage to $148 a month. But the military hard-liners are there to see that he does not slide...
...issue in the dispute is wages for skilled workers. The unions claim that the railroad industry lags far behind other industries in pay rises for skilled workers. They are asking for a seven per cent pay hike...
...RAILROADS: Six shopcraft unions were demanding a 7% pay hike the first year and a 5% increase in the second year for their 137,000 machinists, boilermakers, car men, electricians, firemen and oilers. The workers now average between $2.81 to $3.40 an hour. The railroads offered a 5% salary boost...
...determination, labor leaders last week knuckled under and called off a planned series of strikes. With labor brought to heel, at least temporarily, Onganía's government pressed ahead with its austerity program. Though keeping a tight lid on wages, the government announced a 100% hike in postal and telegraph rates, a 23% increase in water and gas rates and a stiff new tax reform that raises many taxes, adds some new ones and provides penalties of up to 500% for tardy payers. To add insult to injury, Onganía showed that...