USA TODAY-
U.S. airlines workers, who have gone through pay and benefit cuts, layoffs, bankruptcies and rising workloads in recent years, are looking to capitalize on the return to profits this year of most big U.S. carriers.
The push for better deals by workers, who’ve seen ranks thinned 25% since 2000, is creating an increasingly tense relations climate in the industry. “Labor is going to want to walk away with something. They have to,” says consultant Michael Boyd of Boyd Group International, whose clients have included airline unions. “Airline labor has been on hold for the last seven years.”
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FULL STORY: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-08-25-airlineunions25_ST_N.htm
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