Hawaiian Airlines pilots reach last-minute deal (HI)

[struggle4progress]

The pilots reach a tentative labor
agreement needed to bring the carrier
out of a two-year bankruptcy

By Dave Segal
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Hawaiian Airlines and its pilots union have struck an 11th-hour labor deal and asked a bankruptcy judge to postpone his ruling on a company motion to impose contract terms on the union. <snip>

Union officials plan to brief the 400 members on the three-year deal right away so that the ratification process can begin early next week. The vote is scheduled to end May 10.

Hawaiian Airlines trustee Joshua Gotbaum said if the contract is ratified the carrier hopes to be out of bankruptcy by the end of May.

Last month, the pilots voted down a tentative agreement 144-120. The pilots are the only one of the company's six union groups without a newly ratified contract. <snip>

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[yorkiemommie1]

1. mahalo for the article

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