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Friday, September 21, 2007

AirTran's pilots union rejects labor contract

AirTran's pilots union rejects labor contract
Pilots at AirTran Airways soundly defeated a proposed labor contract with the discount carrier only two weeks after ditching their union's top leaders. The National Pilots Association said Friday that its members rejected the proposed contract by a 61 percent to 39 percent margin, with nearly 90 percent of the union's roughly 1,500 members voting. The result sends the airline and its union back to the drawing board after more than two years of negotiating. The National Mediation Board, which stepped into the contentious talks more than a year ago, has put any further talks on hold until after Jan. 1, the union said in a statement.

 



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