TEMPE, Ariz., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC)
and the Transport Workers Union have reached a final single labor agreement
moving pre-merger America West flight simulator engineers to the contract
covering pre-merger US Airways employees.
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The agreement, covering 45 employees, was signed last week, and details
are being communicated by union representatives to their members. The
agreement sets forth processes and timelines for transitioning pre-merger
America West simulator engineers to the pre-merger US Airways agreement.
"Each agreement that we reach moves us closer to our goal of operating
a single airline with unified contracts," said Al Hemenway, vice president
of labor relations.
The company reached unified agreements last year with the Airline
Customer Service Employee Association, an alliance between the
Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters (IBT), the two unions that represent the airline's 7,700
passenger service employees and reservations agents. A unified contract
also was forged with the TWU for dispatchers.
Hemenway said talks continue on unified agreements for pilots, flight
attendants, mechanics and fleet service employees.
US Airways is the fifth largest domestic airline employing more than
35,000 aviation professionals worldwide. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and
US Airways Express operate approximately 3,800 flights per day and serve
more than 230 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and
Latin America. The new US Airways -- the product of a merger between
America West and US Airways in September 2005 -- is a member of the Star
Alliance network, which offers our customers 16,000 daily flights to 855
destinations in 155 countries worldwide. This press release and additional
information on US Airways can be found at http://www.usairways.com. (LCCG)
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