They also said those wage increase would lead to demands for larger pay increases from other city unions.

But I do know that other city unions are interested in this also.

The possibility of new money is also creating dissension among the city unions.

The city unions also got the right to set workers' health benefits.

Missing, too, is a sense of what reforms the Mayor wants from city unions.

When he presented his budget plan, the mayor noted that most of the city unions have contracts.

The lieutenants are the first city union to have such a contract provision.

The court ruling could also have a significant effect on negotiations with other city unions.

Other city unions said they would not volunteer to do so.

Representing 125,000 workers, it has often set the pattern for all city unions in contract talks.