Oh Dave I think we are all doing our part these days. Unfortunately! Can't remember the last time my raise wasn't washed out by inflation and an increase on my insurance premiums!
Whats a raise? June 2011 the company I work for was bought out. January 2011 was the last pay raise I have had. When bought out, the were originally going to cut our wages to match their pay scale, but quickly realized that most of us electronics techs were going to quit over that. So we do not get a raise until their scale catches us, which is still about 3 dollars and hour lower now, it was 11 at the take over.
That said, I got a promoting last Nov to Chief Electronics tech. I actually ended up with a pay cut. No longer get OT for the four hours of safety meetings a week.