AIRLINE WORKERS SNUB DEAL
Members of American Airlines’ mechanics union rejected a contract proposal and authorised union leaders to call a strike, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) said yesterday.
The union said on its website late on Tuesday that two American Airlines work groups represented by the TWU — the mechanics and the stock clerks — voted against a provisional pay deal.
A third bargaining unit — the technical specialists — approved their deal.
“Our members have spoken loud and clear,” said TWU International vice president Garry Drummond, who heads the union’s Air Transport Division. “After four years of negotiations, a majority of TWU members … were not convinced that this agreement represented an adequate return,” he added.