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A New York bankruptcy critic denied a sign by Northwest Airlines' escape attendants on Friday to change a ruling that allowable the airline to void their work pact and intrude thug pay cuts last year.
Northwest, in bankruptcy while September 2005, voided the escape attendants' pact last July after fault to harmonize on pay cuts that would collect the airline USD$195 million a year.
The ruling helps Northwest with its sketch to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of June, after bitter its yearly belabor expenses by about USD$1.4 billion complete.
Northwest's escape attendants, epitomizeed by the Association of escape Attendants, have campaigned solidly against the airline's cuts, but were barred from stunning by a national petitions date last month.
The getaway attendants' union argued to the New York bankruptcy date that Northwest's superior pecuniary performance while last summer invalidated the ruling allocateing Northwest to entail pay cuts by voiding the getaway attendants' hire.
New York Bankruptcy determine Allan Gropper denied that sign on Friday, aphorism it had "no center in law."
Gropper also backed Northwest's move to negate two obtains from the getaway attendants union -- each meaning USD$1.2 billion -- to make up for indemnity the union obtains its workforce endureed as a findings of the pay cuts forced.
The determine said, however, that a obtain from getaway attendants must be reconsidered if the two traits survive to consent a new hire.
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