AMR Unions Seek Arbitration in Bankruptcy Concession Talks
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American Airlines pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and baggage handlers asked U.S. mediators to intervene in talks with management as the carrier seeks $1.25 billion in labor concessions, including 13,000 job cuts, in bankruptcy.
The unions’ requests late yesterday added new complexity to American’s effort to win givebacks in union bargaining instead of asking a judge for authority to scrap existing contracts and impose new terms. American said last week that time is running out for consensual accords at the third-largest U.S. airline.