Airline workers pipe up amid merger din
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U.S. airline labor unions, hungry to reclaim wage and benefit concessions, are busily issuing demands in exchange for their support for a potential merger, as they try to influence back-room talks.
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Transport group Go-Ahead reports a rise in profits despite "severe" problems at its aviation division.
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or decades, an airline job was a coveted plum. Good pay, generous benefits, strong unions and the glamour of air travel made pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and even baggage handlers the envy of their neighbors.
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Shares of US Airways Group Inc. rose more than 9% Thursday morning after the airline&#39;s pilots union said it may agree on a plan to cut wages and benefits.
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Labor experts say Unite Here, the newly merged union that is representing the D.C. hotel workers in their current contract dispute, is one of the most outspoken and toughest unions under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
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Airline unions, still nursing wounds after a bruising six-year clash with cash-strapped carriers, are getting ready to reclaim lost wages and benefits for workers, as well as some lost clout for themselves.
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ATLANTA -- The battered shares of Delta Air Lines Inc. surged nearly 9 percent yesterday after its pilots agreed to salary cuts to try to help the ailing carrier avoid bankruptcy, but their new contract offers no guarantees for the company's future.
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Airline alliances can deliver a level of consistency and confidence that transcends individual carriers.
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United Airlines is holding preliminary talks to merge with Continental Airlines.
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âFly the friendly skiesâ may be United Airlinesâ slogan. But employees of Americaâs largest carrier wonât be so convinced this weekend, on the heels of it filing court documents saying it is âlikelyâ to scrap its pension plans.
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At an airline industry conference at the Phoenician resort last year, talk turned to the likelihood of mergers between low-cost carriers.
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The country's airline industry is booming, but airports and air traffic control are not keeping pace with all the progress
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The airline extracts major concessions from pilots and flight attendants, but a conflict with mechanics could still sink the company.
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The next time you board an airliner and buckle your seat belt, you are about to fly through a bitter labor dispute between some of the people most responsible for your safety in the skies.
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An old joke says US Airways, formed by the merger of Mohawk and Allegheny airlines, should have been named Mo&#39; Agony. That is exactly what the airline&#39;s investors and employees must be feeling since it filed
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Both companies get shareholder nod for $11 billion merger intended to improve efficiencies, competitive muscle.
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Shares of US Airways Group Inc. (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped on Friday after the air carrier&#39;s pilots union said it was working on a new labor contract and that its