1.   Angry about talk of concessions, police officers and firefighters maintain that the city should accept increased productivity instead of givebacks in exchange for higher raises.

2.   Employees in several agencies with high worker turnover will get higher raises, although exact amounts were still being calculated.

3.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and other government officials say workers, less fearful of losing their jobs, might ask for higher raises.

4.   The union wants a higher raise for its members than the one agreed to last month for other Lufthansa workers represented by the OeTV union.

5.   Various causes were cited, including a labor contract that guaranteed raises higher than inflation, and a falloff in subscriptions exacerbated by high ticket prices.

6.   Teachers with more seniority and education will receive higher raises to keep up with wages in suburban districts.

7.   Teachers with more seniority and education would receive higher raises pegged to keep up with wages in suburban districts.

8.   Teachers with more seniority and education would receive higher raises to keep up with wages in suburban districts.

9.   The higher raise for tipped workers was originally approved by the Legislature in December as part of a bill increasing wages for farm workers.

10.   The teachers want slightly higher raises, he said.