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Question

American Airlines recently reached an interim contract with 30,000 ground workers. What does the "15% to 36%" in the news article "—15% to 36% raise for maintenance and related workers" mean? For example if the payrage is 1st year $22.44 to 10th year $33.02.

Answer 1

This type of reportage usually means that some job classifications receive a 15% raise, and other receive raises somewhere between 15% & 36%.