Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They've made a foolish gesture, subject to misunderstanding in their districts." Indeed, after two days of rebuke by their leaders and angry buttonholing by the powerful education lobby, all but twelve of the dissident Democrats came back to the fold. The continuing resolution, with a $1 billion hike in education and other social programs attached, passed the House...
...sorry to read on page one of The Crimson that "Drinking Age Hike to 21 Gains in Congress," for there is another side to the issue. Let's put the Federal plea to raise the drinking age to 21 into perspective. Because such measures focus on the trouble that some young misusers of alcohol cause, let's start by thinking of things that some under-21 year olds do that cause trouble...
...workers had sought a 25-cent increase in their $2.01 hourly salary. Their new contract does not include a raise, and although the workers say they are happy with the settlement, they add that they plan to press for a wage hike when the contract expires in a year...
...employees, all members of Local 26 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, continued to work last Thursday but asked customers not to patronize the establishments while they sought a wage hike. They had worked without a contract since last Monday, when their previous one-year pact expired...
...picketing earlier in the day, union members said they sought a 25-cent wage hike from their $2.01 hourly wages, along with a more comprehensive benefits package. The union rejected management's first contract offer...