But if the state gives the police and fire unions the right to arbitration by the state, every other municipal union will demand parity, city officials said.

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Demanding greater parity with the San Francisco Symphony, the musicians went on strike from 1985, resulting in the cancellation of the season.

Subway workers would be among the first to demand parity too, he said.

The issue has tormented New Jersey governors for over two decades as the state's highest court repeatedly demanded parity in spending between rich and poor districts.

The delicate politics in the region always demanded rough parity between amounts of wilderness and wild forest.

It demanded "absolute parity" with the United Kingdom and France, meaning the same right of patrol in the Mediterranean.

But musicians for the leading orchestras are known to watch each others' contracts carefully and demand parity or better with their peers.

"Parents are demanding parity for their daughters as well as their sons," she said.