81.   The primary dispute in negotiations is over salary increases.

82.   The rape triggered a state audit, which underscored staffing problems at Lansing and got officers a salary increase.

83.   The projects were contained in a military spending bill, which McCain said he opposed because it contained insufficient salary increases for U.S. soldiers.

84.   The other was whether Clark abused his discretion by ordering salary increases for nonteaching employees.

85.   The salary increase also appears to be persuading more emergency credentialed teachers to become fully certified.

86.   The salary increase is the same figure Phoenix Transit offered before the strike began, Deputy City Manager Jack Tevlin said.

87.   The program is expected to be discontinued this spring, leaving many UAL employees anxious about salary increases.

88.   The request would be the second this year by the government to cover salary increases for public employees.

89.   The strikers returned to work without salary increases or the shorter workweek.

90.   The salary increase will bring LAUSD teacher salaries from near the bottom of school districts throughout the county to around the median.