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The agreement averts a strike announced by ALPA on Sunday.

The struggling ultra-low-cost airline expects to save about $100 million per year through the contract modification.

Teamsters Local 2118 refused to certify that the pilot positions meet “prevailing wage” standards.

IAM said there is enough interest among the airline’s ground workers to justify a representation election.

The pilots are calling for a new labor contract after years of delays.

The carrier’s senior leaders have pledged to take the same pay reduction as their pilot group.

The carrier currently allows pilots older than 65 to operate domestic flights.

The Modern Skies Coalition is pushing congressional leaders to work out a funding compromise that will avert a looming shutdown of the federal government.

A group of labor unions representing workers at American met last week to discuss what they called the carrier’s “trailing financial performance.”

Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement, ending a three-day strike that grounded thousands of flights.