Pension funds or health benefit funds are basically part of the wage package.

The other four unions, which refused the 1992-94 wage packages, along with the carrier, have submitted their disputes to Federal mediators.

He announced that the track workers had agreed to a contract, accepting the same wage package as the conductors.

That strike was widely reported by Polish television and radio, though no details of the final wage package were disclosed.

A9 Germany to offer strikers a better wage package.

Mr. Phelan said he would seek a larger wage package when talks re-open.

As a native, Zhu was expected to accept a much lower wage package than a foreign coach and there would be no language barrier.

Officials of the remaining unions yesterday said that they were prepared to accept an identical wage package.

At issue in the labor dispute are a wage package and new work rules that the unions have bitterly resisted.

Nearly all the unions have agreed to a wage package worth 10.4 percent over four years.