Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...garbage men had reason enough to rejoice. Their predominantly Negro union not only forced a form of recognition from the cotton capital; its 14-month pact with city hall also calls for some solid pocketbook gains, including grievance procedures, a system of mer it promotions and a 9% pay hike. Mayor Henry Loeb, who bitterly branded the strike illegal when it began ten weeks ago, even agreed to a dues checkoff; under a face-saving scheme, a credit union will collect the money for the sanitationmen's treasury...
Students for a Democratic Society missed their hoped-for confrontation with Mayor Kevin White Saturday over the proposed MBTA fare hike...
...fare hike is aimed at the workers and poor--at those of us who are too poor to have cars," one speaker said...
...referring to the $150 million debt to bond-holders that the MBTA says necessitates the fare hike. The MBTA has paid $80 million on tax free interest to bond-holders, which are primarily large Boston companies...
...many Mott millions available, the Flint schools might understandably be tempted to keep school tax rates low and rely increasingly on the foundation. But there is no better gauge of how much Flint residents appreciate what their schools offer than the fact that they have repeatedly approved any tax hike the school board has requested...