Business briefs: Plane cleaners ratify tentative deal with Southwest Airlines

Friday, May. 25, 2012

Plane cleaners ratify deal with Southwest Airlines

Plane cleaners at Southwest Airlines, who are known as appearance techs, ratified a tentative agreement with the Dallas-based carrier, the union announced Friday.Read more

Cheaper gas should be boost for holiday travel

Friday, May. 25, 2012

More than 30 million Americans are expected to hit the road.Read more

Bankruptcy judge urges American, unions to negotiate deal

| |Friday, May. 25, 2012

American Airlines attorney says talk of merging with US Airways is "smoke and mirrors" and that voiding labor contracts is necessary for survival.Read more

Bankruptcy judge urges American, unions to negotiate deal

| Friday, May. 25, 2012

American attorney says talk of merging with US Airways is “smoke and mirrors” and says voiding labor contracts is necessary for survival.Read more

Lockheed begins hiring 'temporary' workers to fill in for strikers

| |Thursday, May. 24, 2012

Lockheed Martin ratcheted up the pressure on striking Machinists union members Thursday by announcing that it will hire temporary workers to fill aircraft production jobs.Read more

Machinists picket outside Lockheed Martin's Maryland headquarters

| |Thursday, May. 24, 2012

Strikers say benefits are worth fighting over.Read more

Judge won't allow appeals shortcut for American's pilots union

| |Thursday, May. 24, 2012

Pilots say their contract can't be voided because it expired four years ago.Read more

Lockheed begins hiring 'temporary' workers to fill in for strikers

| |Thursday, May. 24, 2012

The union says rank-and-file support for the 5-week-old strike remains strong as the company increases pressure by hiring temporary replacement workers.Read more

Pentagon not worried that Lockheed strike will hurt F-35 production

| |Wednesday, May. 23, 2012

The Pentagon isn't worried about F-35 production.Read more

American Eagle may still be spun off, CEO says

| |Wednesday, May. 23, 2012

A separation from American Airlines could be the best solution for shareholders, he says.Read more

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