Ratification of the remaining tentative pacts is expected by the end of the month.

At one point last night, several union officials said a tentative pact had been reached that would cover the city's 33,000 subway and bus workers.

But there were some agreements on productivity spelled out in the tentative pact.

Only a few technical details remained on a tentative seven-year pact of $363 million in annual aid.

A $250,000 death benefit for workers killed in work-related accidents is also in the tentative pact.

The school board rejected a tentative pact this spring.

The tentative pact calls for an initial 20 percent rollback and then an additional 30 percent within five years.

A1 Momentum from the tentative pact is prompting much diplomacy.

The first of 10 unions reached a tentative pact yesterday with The Daily News.

Union members who attended the meeting declined to discuss terms of the tentative pact, as did the mayor's staff.