Workers Protest Judge's Order For 21 Percent Pay Cuts Through
February
"This is a ticking fiscal time bomb."
Those words came from Alexandria (VA) Federal Judge Stephen
Mitchell Friday, as he approved US Airways' request for a break on
what it pays its workers. Labor negotiations aside, US Airways
workers suddenly make 21-percent less than they did a week ago.
Still struggling against a tide of red ink, bankrupt United
Airlines Friday told a Chicago federal judge that it needs to make
significant additional cost cuts if it is to survive.
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