The pay rise attracted criticism from various consumer groups, including the National Campaign for Water Justice.
Last week, the government agreed to a 20% pay rise for NHS consultants from 2003.
Southern Water staff have been told they will not receive a pay rise this year.
The union said the action was part of a campaign against a zero pay rise.
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Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black said there was "absolutely no justification" for the pay rise.
They credit him with saving the city from bankruptcy and giving city employees a pay rise.
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In particular, the case for a general annual pay rise, tied to consumer-price inflation, is vanishing.
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For their part, the public-sector unions had demanded a 5% pay rise this year.
The gendarmerie and the police were recently given a pay rise, but not the army.
Arriva has offered a 3% pay rise to RMT conductors plus another 5%, based on productivity.
However, a similar proportion of people currently in work said they still expected a pay rise.
Earlier in the year teachers in England and Wales were given a pay rise of 3.5%.
He also backs a budget-busting demand by 470, 000 public-sector workers for a 20% pay rise.
He has also given civil servants a pay rise of more than a third.
That strike was ended earlier this month after workers and employers agreed a 12% pay rise.
Moreover, people like an annual pay rise even if it provides no real gain.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) claimed that staff had not had a pay rise for two years.
The double pay blunder began in 2009 when Barnes was given a promotion and a pay rise.
It's right that nurses and midwives this year got their biggest national pay rise for a decade.
Once prices are flat or falling, the annual pay rise may become a thing of the past.
The effect of the pay rise on the economy has sparked a lively debate among Chinese academics.
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Farm workers are in line for a pay rise of between 1.8% and 2.8% from October this year.
There was then a row over whether JerseyBus had told anyone of the 20% pay rise it agreed.
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The Prospect union, which represents 1, 300 workers, has urged members to accept an improved 2.5% pay rise deal.
The gap between the workers' demand and the employers' 3.3% pay rise offer will be difficult to bridge.
The Prospect union, which represents 1, 300 workers, had urged members to accept the improved 2.5% pay rise deal.
The board led by Senator Ian Gorst has agreed a 1% pay rise for all public sector workers.
But the BMA said 2.7% was removed from another income stream resulting in a zero net pay rise.
The strike ended in September after workers agreed a 22% pay rise with the mine's owners, platinum giant Lonmin.
It added said the union was now also demanding a "significant" pay rise, whereas it needed to remain competitive.
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