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escalator clause



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The Big Ten’s contract can contain a huge escalator clause to account for expansion …

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

First came reports that the Big Ten’s mammoth new media rights contract includes an escalator clause that carves out hundreds of millions of dollars in case of additional West Coast expansion.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

He is not due a big roster bonus next year, but there is an escalator clause in his contract that could bring his salary to $4.42 million.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 7, 2012

Among his desired concessions: a "substantial" wage hike, sick pay and a cost-of-living escalator clause, a pension raise and stricter safety regulations.

From Time Magazine Archive

The steelworkers had offered to settle for the same terms they won in 1956 after a 36-day strike: a three-year contract with a yearly raise of about 15� an hour, plus a cost-of-living escalator clause.

From Time Magazine Archive