Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Norton said that at the beginning of yesterday's session the union said it would accept a two-year contract with a 5.5 per cent wage increase in the first year and a 15 per cent hike in the second--a substantial decrease from the 21.5 per cent second year increase the union asked for at the last bargaining session last month...
...increase in posted prices to offset the effects of inflation on the prices of the goods that they buy from the U.S., Europe and Japan. Iranian Finance Minister Jamshid Amuzegar, who has accused the Saudis of hypocritically calling for price reductions while actually raising prices, favored a slightly smaller hike, "to show the industrialized nations that we are serious when we say that they must keep inflation in check." Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani reportedly threatened to force prices down by dumping millions of barrels of cut-price petroleum on the market. In order to keep the cartel together...
...told them that he was "very grateful" for their support. The following day, the President instructed the Agriculture Department to raise support levels. But before the decision was announced, Kalmbach met with milk-cooperative executives to confirm the link between the pledge of $2 million and the price hike...
...Scruggs plays a mean banjo, which reminds me: Harvard is playing mean with its printers. Since 1968, printers' wages at Harvard have risen only 28 per cent compared to a 35 per cent rise in the consumer price index. Support the printers' demand for a 9 per cent pay hike instead of the piddling 5.9 per cent suggested by Harvard. John Lincoln Wright and the Sourmash Boys play second bill. Through Saturday June 1 at The Performance Center...
...printers and five copysetters from the Typing and Copy Center have been on strike since April 9. The printers are demanding a nine per cent wage increase, but Harvard will offer no more than a 5.9 per cent hike...