But several unions, including the teachers, received considerably more than 6 percent by agreeing to far-reaching productivity measures.

Taken together, productivity measures are expected to help the Sanitation Department cut its work force by 200 employees.

That raise was made possible through far-reaching productivity measures.

Indeed, sales per employee, a key productivity measure, have skyrocketed at most companies.

Negotiations are continuing with the unions on productivity measures.

The negotiations will also cover wages, pensions and productivity measures.

Not long after, the union agreed to all kinds of new productivity measures.

That committee is charged with developing six productivity measures to be in place by June 30.

It called for sharing savings from productivity measures with employees as an incentive.

For example, there is the unwillingness of the labor unions to agree to productivity measures.