1.   And Ron Pardo, owner of Gene Bliley Stationery in Chatsworth, said that he has no problem with the pay hike.

2.   Anger over corporate cutbacks and meager pay hikes is giving unions their biggest boost in decades.

3.   --Because task force recommendations were not available, board members had no concrete proposals to use in negotiating with the unions for pay hikes.

4.   A pay hike for the politicians?

5.   Al Gore has won cheers from Democrats for suggesting a pay hike.

6.   Al Gore has won cheers from Democrats for suggesting a pay hike for teachers.

7.   But anger over corporate cutbacks and meager pay hikes is giving the movement its biggest boost in decades.

8.   But the pay hikes keep coming.

9.   But the union wants retroactive pay hikes, as a reward for good work done.

10.   Congress voted, and President Clinton signed, a pay hike for the next Congress and the new president.