All the municipal unions have declared the 1.5 percent figure unacceptable.

District Council 37 also won a 39-month contract, where the other municipal unions got 36 months.

So far, the fiscal crisis has meant little to the municipal unions.

But he asked for and got concessions from all the municipal unions except the police.

They're facing opposition from municipal unions, and question whether a new agency would really make a difference.

The teachers' raise over two years is expected to serve as a pattern for other municipal unions.

That would help all citizens instead of just those in certain municipal unions.

The other municipal unions want to match the teachers' raise, or come close to it.

Other municipal unions have voted down deals in recent years.

The city has agreed to give several municipal unions a raise of 4 percent a year for two years.