The metalworkers' employers were offering a 4.1 percent wage increase plus more for lower-paid workers. They maintained that these changes and the previous year's agreement for higher holiday pay in 1981 are the equivalent of an increase of 4.7 percent.
Union leaders, who began the talks in January by demanding an 8 percent raise, were now insisting on at least 5 percent.
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