11.   The workers have proved more militant than union leaders, who have recognized the pay offer is a good one, Villarzu told a press conference.

12.   Yesterday the union rejected what the company characterized as an enhanced pay offer.

13.   Others were unsure whether workers would approve the pay offer.

14.   As parliament debated social cuts, negotiators for public service employees rejected a government pay offer in last-ditch contract negotiations.

15.   Before management sweetened its pay offer, the union had threatened a walkout beginning Friday.

16.   Management signaled on Thursday it will finally make a pay offer.

17.   Members of the British Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association are unhappy with a pay offer from the company.

18.   Secretary for the Civil Service Lam Woon-kwong announced the pay offer following discussions with Executive Council members and union representatives.

19.   The Ford Motor Co. halted an automobile assembly line for several hours Friday as workers staged a wildcat strike to protest a pay offer.

20.   The government is set to announce its pay rise offer on Monday, to be followed by negotiations with civil service staff.