Southwest Pilots Union Has a Tentative Agreement on Contract
August 29 2016 - 6:20PM
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After four years of negotiations and an earlier failed proposal,
the pilots union at Southwest Airlines Co. said Monday that it
reached an agreement in principle with the budget airline on a new
four-year pact.
Once the final language is settled, the proposal will go to the
directors of the Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association union, who
will meet in mid-September to determine whether the offer should be
put to a vote by its 8,400 pilots. The process would conclude in
early November
The tentative pact would provide retroactive pay increases back
to 2013 and a compensation package that is comparable to those of
pilots at the three largest U.S. airlines, the union said. It also
would change the retirement plan to align it with industry standard
practices.
Southwest would win the ability, on a limited basis, to form
partnerships with overseas airlines.
This breakthrough comes at a time when the pilots' ire has been
mounting, leading to informational picketing at airports and calls
for Gary Kelly, Southwest's chief executive, to step down.
Southwest still has other contracts with workers yet to be
amended. Its flight attendants already have rejected one tentative
agreement.
Write to Susan Carey at susan.carey@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 29, 2016 18:05 ET (22:05 GMT)
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