CHICAGO (AP) - A
new labor deal for 28,000 baggage handlers and other ground workers at United
Airlines gives raises to the workers and gets the airline closer to fully
absorbing Continental.
The contract
approved Tuesday covers roughly 28,000 workers who came from both United as
well as Continental before they merged in 2010.
Besides baggage
handlers, the group also includes gate and reservations workers and
storekeepers in the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers, the largest union at United Continental Holdings Inc.
This is the second
group along with pilots to have a joint contract.
The ground workers
had voted down a deal in March. The new deal got approval from 70 percent of
those voting. It runs through 2016 and includes raises and other improvements.
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