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Machinists, US Airways Reach Fleet Service Agreement

WASHINGTON, Apr. 09 /PRNewswire/ --

WASHINGTON, April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced it reached a tentative agreement with US Airways covering 7,700 Fleet Service employees.

"Combining two distinct airline cultures has proven enormously difficult in the past," said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. "District 141 has taken a major step toward integration by successfully negotiating a single contract for employees currently working under two separate agreements and from two different airline cultures."

The District 141 Negotiating Committee is recommending ratification of the tentative agreement which would bring US Airways and former America Fleet Service employees under the same wages and work rules for the first time since the merger of the two airlines in September 2005. The agreement, if ratified, will be effective through December 31, 2011.

"We have achieved our goal of eliminating the East and West division among Fleet Service employees without negatively impacting either group," said District 141 President Randy Canale. "This agreement allows all our members to see immediate and long-term improvements as a unified workforce."

Details of the agreement will be available at www.iam141.org after they are presented to local IAM leaders on April 11, 2008. An information meeting schedule and a ratification date will also be available at that time.

The Machinists Union is the largest Airline and Rail Union in North America, representing more than 170,000 Flight Attendants, Customer Service Agents, Reservation Agents, Ramp Service Personnel, Mechanics, Railroad Machinists and related transportation industry workers. Additional information about the Machinists Union is available at www.goiam.org/transportation.