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January 1982

Scheduled wage increases and cost-of-living provisions in 1982

Douglas R. LeRoy

Deferred increases will average 6.3 percent, more than in any year since 1971, and are payable to 4.3 million workers; approximately 3.4 million may receive cost-of-living adjustments.

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