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Article: Northwest Flight Attendants Nix Contract
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- August 1, 2006
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MINNEAPOLIS - Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants rejected a wage-cutting contract on Monday and warned of random, unannounced strikes as early as mid-August.
Northwest said a strike - which could spook travelers and hinder the airline's bankruptcy restructuring - would be illegal and that it would seek a court order to block one. The union pledged to give 15 days' notice before any strike, a move it had not made as of Monday night.
Northwest has sought $1.4 billion in annual labor savings as it reorganizes in bankruptcy court. Flight attendants are the last union at Northwest, the nation's fifth-largest carrier by the standard industry measure, without a wage-cutting contract. ...