The contract, union officials say, will increase Footco's labor costs by a total of $2 million over three years.

The contract had increased in value simply because of that apprenticeship.

The tentative contract also increases wages by 14.5 percent over three years.

The new contract also increases health care benefits for workers.

With these workers averaging $30,000 year in pay, the contract would increase their wages by 32 percent over eight years.

The 2012-2015 contract will increase fees for the 2013-2014 school year to $56 per semester and then to $59 in 2014-2015.

The contract would increase salaries an average of 4.5 percent, a smaller raise than city workers have gotten recently.

Outside contracts increased by 56 percent from 1986 to 1990.

The proposed contract would have increased wages by an average of 17.8 percent over the five years it covered.

The new contracts increased the amount of coverage from each weekend's races.