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Agreement won by US airline mechanics
9 April 2008
A collective bargaining agreement covering some 3,300 mechanics at a US airline was ratified by workers this week.
The agreement, which was reached last month between the ITF-affiliated International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and US Airways, was ratifed by 65 per cent of the union’s voting membership. Mechanics and related employees are set to receive a number of benefits as a result of the deal, including base wage increases, improved overtime rates, new shift premiums and participation in the IAM national pension plan.
The agreement will be effective until 31 December 2011.
“District Lodge 142 and the negotiating committee performed an excellent job under the most difficult of circumstances,” said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach Jr, “I thank the membership for their full support. Without them, this agreement would not have been possible.”
“Our members have accepted an agreement that provides higher wages, a sound pension and enhanced job security,” said IAM District Lodge 142 President Tom Higginbotham. “This agreement allows all US Airways mechanics and related employees to work under a single agreement for the first time since the America West merger.”
US Airways merged with America West in 2005.
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