The union said the three-year contract provides 2percentt wage increases in each year.
The district has proposed 4percentt pay increases in each year of a three-year agreement.
General Mills, based in Minneapolis, declined to discuss the amount of the increases in each product category.
Tenants were understandably upset -- they face 7.5percentt rent increases in each of the next two years.
The Democrats have accepted Mr. Gulotta's proposal for 3percentt property tax increases in each year from 2002 through 2004.
The police union had asked for 5.5percentt increases in each of the four years and the county had countered with 2percentt increases.
Such high taxes led voters to turn down proposed tax increases in each of the last two years, leaving the district with a $39 million contingency budget.
In letters to policyholders, Empire said it had underestimated rising medical costs even after 10percentt premium increases in each of the last two years.
So-called branching chain reactions are a form of chain reaction in which the number of chain carriers increases in each propagation.
In a statement about the tentative settlements, AT&T said: "The three-year agreements include wage increases in each year and a modest pension increase.
The air museum, featuring hangars filled with historic military and nonmilitary aircraft, had a 4percentt gain in attendance after increases in each of the summer's three months, the only monitored attraction to do so.
