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University of Pennsylvania officials projected a 15-per-cent increase; Princeton officials have set a 14.7-per-cent hike; and Yale administrators expect about a 13-per-cent rise...
...laid off, Teamsters President Roy Williams has said that his demands would be "reasonable." The union won a $1.50-per-hr. pay increase in its last contract on top of cost of living allowances, pushing hourly wages to an average $12.80. But it is not asking for any additional hike this year...
...strategic bombers with air-to-ground missiles and studying a new, possibly mobile system for protecting its 18 land-based intermediate-range missiles. He also reversed a campaign pledge to reduce compulsory military service from twelve to six months. Last month Defense Minister Charles Hernu, 58, announced a 17.6% hike in the defense budget, to $22 billion. Discounted for inflation, the increase amounts to 3.6%, higher than that of any NATO member other than...
...need to hike salaries as fast as the rate of inflation while not raising tuition more than inflation has put the Faculty in a touchy financial situation...
...decision to shore up Faculty salaries this summer by boosting wages faster than inflation put particular financial pressure on the Faculty budget. The salary hike has effectively nullified gains stemming from recent drops of several points in the rate of inflation and small drops in the rate of increase of the Faculty's energy costs...