21. Weingarten demanded a 22 percent wage hike ; Giuliani offered 8 percent. 22. CNA officials, meanwhile, praised the wage hikes won by Local 250. 23. Union leaders say it was rejected because it didn't include a wage hike . 24. Samant enjoyed success in organising strikes and winning substantial wage hikes from companies. 25. Government wage hikes mask the larger problem of public sector restructuring, said analysts. 26. The non-teaching staff are not teachers and the wage hikes cannot encompass them, 27. Employers previously rejected demands for a 50 percent wage hike . 28. The company could see costs rise with a wage hike . 29. Workers had demanded an 18 percent wage hike and management had offered 10 percent. 30. The wage hike should be approved without such tax breaks.
