Monday, March 5, 2012

United pilots agree to deal to avert court order.(Business)

CHICAGO - United Airlines has secured a tentative contract agreement with its pilots, clearing a critical early hurdle in its effort to make another round of painful labor cuts in bankruptcy without needing a court order.

The agreement, announced Tuesday, makes the pilots the first of United's four big unions to come to initial terms. All four have decried the bankrupt airline's latest proposed steep cutbacks but risk having the …

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