AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (AAI), announced, along with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 528, successful membership ratification by an overwhelming margin of a new 48-month collective bargaining agreement. The agreement covers about 400 AirTran Airways mechanics and inspectors in Atlanta, Orlando, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, and Milwaukee.
The agreement includes improved wages, benefits and working conditions and became effective October 1, 2009, which was the amendable date of the previous four-year agreement. AirTran Airways and Local 528 have now negotiated four successful collective bargaining agreements on or before the amendable date of the previous agreement -- an accomplishment rarely achieved in airline collective bargaining agreements.
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