1.   National wage agreements no longer guarantee job security, particularly when currency fluctuations can make job creation unprofitable, he said.

2.   They could spell the end of national wage agreements and the sinking of clinical grading before it has properly begun to swim.

3.   The wage agreement produced some drift back to work in the following days, but the strike held steady in the Kuzbass, Donbass and Vorkuta.

4.   Besides representing the views of business leaders, the Patronat has an official role in negotiating new wage agreements and labor legislation with French trade union.

5.   A moderate wage increase in the public-sector is likely to set the tone for wage agreements in other sectors of the economy, analysts said.

6.   Chilean stocks rallied as a wage agreement with state employees is seen easing pressure on inflation, increasing the chances of an interest rate cut early next year.

7.   Chilean stocks rose amid a wage agreement with state employees, damping inflation and raising hopes for an interest rate cut early next year.

8.   He said operating expenses rose due to a new wages agreement and higher staff numbers in Australia.

9.   Still, personnel costs are rising because of wage agreements.