BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Unions at Mesaba Aviation Inc. said Monday they have approved new concessionary contracts with the bankrupt airline, a Northwest Airlines feeder.
About 1,000 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics are covered by the contracts, which took nearly a year to reach and brought the unions to the brink of a strike.
Mesaba said it needed the labor deals to continue handling regional flying for Northwest Airlines Corp., which also is operating under bankruptcy protection. Mesaba earlier got permission from a bankruptcy judge to impose cuts amounting to 17.5 percent of pay and benefits on the unions, but held off as the two …
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