October 7, 2002
Contact: Dawn Deeks 202/712-9799 ext. 804
Allegheny Airlines Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Agreement on Contract
WASHINGTON – Allegheny Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, reached a tentative contract agreement on Oct. 6.
Specific details will not be released until the flight attendants have an opportunity to review them. AFA will hold meetings to educate the membership on the tentative agreement and schedule the ratification vote after the airline secures approval from its Board of Directors.
Allegheny is a wholly owned express carrier of US Airways and the proposed agreement will allow Allegheny to participate in the overall restructuring of US Airways.
The parties have been in negotiations since February 2000. In order for the tentative agreement to ratify, a simple majority of Allegheny Airlines flight attendants who vote, must vote in favor of the contract.
Allegheny Airlines’ 215 flight attendants are joined together in AFA, the world’s largest flight attendant union. Visit us at www.afanet.org.
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