Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tough policy on the use of weapons. In response, K.C. cops last year fired their guns at people 80% fewer times than in 1973 and at the same time were able to make a dramatic increase in the number of arrests. The figures did not reflect merely a hike in crime. Says McNamara: "Kansas Citians, especially those in our minority community, now feel more comfortable with the police...
...pension contracts for people already retired or serving in the city government. But it is essential that pensions be renegotiated for new workers coming into the employ of the city. Rather than brutally lopping jobs, it would be more equitable to put a freeze on the 5%-6% wage hike scheduled this year for all city employees. Such a move would save an estimated $400 million, or the equivalent of almost 25,000 jobs. Reducing the work week from five days to 4½ would save $700 million even if the pay increase takes place. A shorter week, of course...
...After a quiet power struggle over the past year, Harvard dining hall workers have wrested negotiating power from their 81-year-old business agent in Boston, a man who first organized at Harvard in the late 30's. The cooks are asking for a 50-cent-per-hour pay hike...
Tuition money is especially valuable to the Faculty because it is unrestricted; room and board income goes directly to the departments that feed and house students. By January, bargaining with various departments had produced a $340 tuition hike--$40 over last fall's forecast--and a total fees increase...
Last month Rosovsky presented the Corporation with a budget for next year that projects a deficit of about $1 million, reduced substantially from his original estimates. The reduction came as a result of measures in areas that affect undergraduates: the tuition hike and staffing cuts...