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Article: Alaska Airlines Presents Offers on Key Sections of Proposed Pilot Contract
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 20, 2008
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Caroline Boren, +1-206-392-5101, or Paul McElroy, +1-
206-392-5038, both of Alaska Airlines
SEATTLE, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its ongoing
negotiations with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Alaska
Airlines last week presented counter-offers on key sections of a
proposed contract. Alaska Airlines issued the following statement
regarding its bargaining with ALPA to date:
"Since negotiations began, the company has been clear that we are
open to a wide variety of tradeoffs, such as increasing wages and
retirement security in exchange for improved productivity. However,
Alaska Airlines, the ninth-largest U.S. carrier, has the second- ...