cost of living allowance in a sentence

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1. Under the collective bargaining agreement between the United Auto Workers Union and Nummi, " a production team member earns $ 16 . 88 per hour plus cost of living allowance when first hired, and the pay increases gradually over 36 months to $ 24 . 12 per hour, plus COLA, " according to Jean-Yves Jault, Nummi's manager of community relations and general affairs.
2. They would also reach a balanced budget, but their plan includes no tax cut, reduces the growth of Medicare by $ 170 billion over seven years instead of by $ 270 billion, shaves $ 84 billiion instead of $ 182 billion from Medicaid and reduces the Consumer Price Index by half a percentage point in order to slow the growth of cost of living allowances.