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Last Stand Could Fell US Airways
Collapse of Eastern Air Lines a Cautionary Tale for Union
US Airways machinists face a choice this week: They can approve the carrier's latest contract proposal and usher in the waves of steep pay, benefit and job cuts that come with it. Or they can turn down the contract and open the door to a walkout that could send the struggling US Airways Group Inc. -- and their jobs -- flying into oblivion.
It's a choice, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen S. Mitchell acknowledged earlier this month, that amounts to asking the machinists "to cut their own throats."
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Last Stand Could Fell US Airways
Collapse of Eastern Air Lines a Cautionary Tale for Union
US Airways machinists face a choice this week: They can approve the carrier's latest contract proposal and usher in the waves of steep pay, benefit and job cuts that come with it. Or they can turn down the contract and open the door to a walkout that could send the struggling US Airways Group Inc. -- and their jobs -- flying into oblivion.
It's a choice, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen S. Mitchell acknowledged earlier this month, that amounts to asking the machinists "to cut their own throats."
