NEW YORK (AP) - United Airlines won a much-needed labor
victory Friday when its 25,000 flight attendants voted to approve a new
contract.
The agreement comes nearly six years after the airline
merged with Continental Airlines and is the first contract to cover flight
attendants from both carriers. Since the 2010 merger, the Chicago-based airline
has had to operate jets with cabin crews made up entirely from one of the
predecessor airlines. Now it is free to mix staff, making scheduling easier and
bringing down costs.
The victory was not a landslide, with 53 percent of the
flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA,
supporting the new five-year contract. More than 90 percent of the eligible
workers voted.
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