21.   Employees could elect to receive their severance pay either in a lump sum or paid monthly at their existing pay rate until the severance amount is exhausted.

22.   Gilmore also warned that the wage hike would also increase pressure on pay rates for non-minimum wage workers in the state.

23.   He also noted the Comair pay rates will set a precedent for rates at Atlantic Southeast Airlines, another Delta commuter unit.

24.   In successive showdowns, he persuaded them to accept radical new contracts allowing American to hire workers at about half the previous pay rates.

25.   Indeed, the pay rates of comparably educated men and women at the starting gate are almost identical.

26.   It also alleges that he was replaced by a younger person who was hired at a higher pay rate.

27.   Its major feature involved accepting significantly lower pay rates for its members to fly the regional jets, which American wants to assign to its American Eagle commuter affiliate.

28.   Many are paid by the square foot, a unit with different pay rates for different tasks that can vary from state-to-state.

29.   Now they want a substantial boost in pay rates that have run far below those at many other carriers.

30.   Pilots and mechanics voluntarily reduced pay rates and work hours to avoid layoffs.