Mr. Chapman and others predicted that all the workers would overwhelmingly ratify the proposed contract within two weeks.

Negotiators from both sides say they hope the workers will ratify the deal.

Today, workers at the Chrysler Corporation ratified their version of the Ford contract.

In addition to the electricians, the sheet metal workers and the boilermakers must still ratify tentative contracts.

The strike was resolved in July 2005 when the workers ratified a two-year contract.

A 26-day strike against Group Health Inc., the nonprofit health insurer, ended yesterday after workers ratified a new contract.

The workers ratified the agreement yesterday.

A union representing 2,000 janitors at Fairfield County commercial buildings said yesterday that the workers had overwhelmingly ratified a new one-year contract.

Although Muste and Budenz advocated that the union reject the agreement, workers ratified it on June 3.

Terms of the contracts will not be made public until workers have ratified them.