The Ministerial Wages and Economic Committee decided Sunday to grant all State employes a 75 percent advance on their salaries if they agree not to go on strike for the next six months. The decision was prompted by advances already given the employes of government-owned banks which established a precedent for thousands of other State employes. Many are expected to oppose the no strike demand. But the teachers’ union has expressed satisfaction with the offer and, in fact, reversed a strike decision taken several days earlier.
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