Such a program is a likely compromise, especially if the new contract also includes across-the-board raises.
Stephen Mangione, a union spokesman, said, "The settlement includes across-the-board improvements and gains in wages, medical coverage and pensions".
The union's current contract expires in November, and the city's 78,000 teachers are eager for a new contract that includes across-the-board raises.
The contract includes across-the-board salary increases of 3percentt retroactive to October 1999, 3percentt effective this April, 3.5percentt effective in April 2001, and 3.5percentt in April 2002.
The mayor's proposed budget includes across-the-board cuts, and should it pass, the child protective services arm of the agency would lose $19 million, forcing staff cuts and burdening individual caseworkers with more work.
Such a prolonged stint on death row is classed in many other countries including across Europe as cruel and unusual treatment, and banned as a form of torture.
For UberConference's business customers, the other notable news today is the availability of international access numbers in over 40 countries including across Europe, Asia and South America.
The Democrats in Congress are weighing much more dramatic measures, including across-the-board cuts to the greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet.
In October Aerolíneas shareholders approved a rescue plan that included across-the-board salary cuts and a $650 million recapitalization to prepare the airline for sale.
Cars back up a mile in all directions, including across a main Metro-North Railroad track.
