Only the first year of the three-year pact is guaranteed.

Perry signed what he said was a three-year pact late Sunday.

Smith, 37 years old, was hired in 1989 and given a three-year pact.

Details of the new three-year pact between private haulers and their drivers were not released.

The agreement between the two parties is part of a three-year pact that won approval last year at the party conventions.

The unions seek raises of 7.5 to 10 percent a year in two- or three-year pacts.

Two years later, the orchestra reached agreement on a three-year pact.

The three-year pact contains raises and improvements in benefits.

Bergeron, who has a year left after this season on the three-year pact he signed in 1987, said he wanted more security for his family.

Quick previously had a three-year pact for $700,000 a year.