City union deal

Los Angeles officials and six unions have negotiated a contract that will give the bulk of the city's civilian work force up to a 23 percent pay hike at the end of five years, the Daily News has learned. Beth Barrett in the Daily News.

The deal means thousands of city workers will see salary increases even greater than a controversial 16.8 percent salary deal recently negotiated for Department of Water and Power workers.

Details of the six-union deal have remained secret since the tentative pact was reached late Sunday.

Sources familiar with it say the package includes a 14.25 percent raise over five years for all of the unions' 22,000 workers.