71.   The Civil Service Bureau will draft a proposal on the pay rise early next month with the unions having a chance to hand in a counter-proposal.

72.   The Executive Council will discuss the pay rise during its regular meeting this morning before formally unveiling it to civil service union representatives in the afternoon.

73.   The federation held four one-day strikes during June and July to demand pay rises.

74.   The government intends to decide Tuesday about about possible pay rises, said Deputy Education Minister Irena Dzierzgowska of the Education Ministry.

75.   THE mechanism for pay rises in the civil service should not be changed without caution despite the current economic slowdown, a principal government official said on Tuesday.

76.   The Independent Doctors Union began staging the strike in September to press for a steep pay rise for physicians working in the state health care system.

77.   The opposition Labor Party has been critical of the steep pay rises given to executives of formerly nationalized industries.

78.   The next pay rise for the legislature is scheduled for October.

79.   The pilots have been pushing for a pay rise since February.

80.   The unions are seeking a substantial pay rise for their members at ScotRail who they say are among the lowest paid train drivers in the country.