Negotiators for the pilots are expected to present a concession package worth $660 million to union leaders, who will probably vote on the cuts before Tuesday.
For almost two months, United's five unions had been working together to present a concession package to the airline, which is trying to obtain financing before mid-November, when a large debt payment is due.
[C4.] United Begins Talks With Unions United Airlines will start negotiating separately for concessions with each of its five unions, even though the unions had formed a coalition to present a single concession proposal.
It is interesting to see how he presents this a concession that could ameliorate the impact of Michael Gove's decision to scrap GCSEs on less able pupils.
Diana Fortuna, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, said Mr. Bloomberg could have increased pressures for union concessions if he had presented a detailed case why unions should accept givebacks, like a longer workday.
A little later, Justice David H. Souter pressed Mr. Olson on the same point and elicited the concession that restoring a copyright presented a much harder case.
The company took another step yesterday toward trimming its labor costs by presenting a proposal for concessions to the International Association of Machinists, which represents US Airways' 5,500 fleet service workers.
Worse, they did not present any concession of their own, adopting a no-compromise attitude that unmasked their unwillingness to live peacefully with a Jewish state by their side.
Only one work is presented, not as a concession to short attention spans but as an invitation to the audience to take a break at lunchtime, settle down and really listen.
Mr. Almunia did not give Google a deadline for presenting a new set of concessions, according to a person with direct knowledge of Mr. Almunia's letter who spoke anonymously.
