Each 1 percent pay increase for all 240,000 municipal employees costs the city about $140 million.

It would include three years of 3 percent pay increases and bonuses for good performance.

The city has offered an 8 percent pay increase over two years.

The teachers are asking for a 9 percent pay increase in each year of a two-year contract.

Under the contract, public employees will be given a 5.4 percent pay increase.

The firefighters had been demanding a 40 percent pay increase.

The 80,000-member oil workers union says it only wants a 15 percent pay increase.

The legislation includes a 3.1 percent pay increase for military personnel.

A major feature of the bill is a 4.6 percent military pay increase.

The second 3 percent pay increase goes into effect in March 2001.

Each 1 percent pay increase for all 240,000 municipal employees costs the city about $140 million.

It would include three years of 3 percent pay increases and bonuses for good performance.

The city has offered an 8 percent pay increase over two years.

The teachers are asking for a 9 percent pay increase in each year of a two-year contract.

Under the contract, public employees will be given a 5.4 percent pay increase.

The firefighters had been demanding a 40 percent pay increase.

The 80,000-member oil workers union says it only wants a 15 percent pay increase.

The legislation includes a 3.1 percent pay increase for military personnel.

A major feature of the bill is a 4.6 percent military pay increase.

The second 3 percent pay increase goes into effect in March 2001.