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American Air, US Airways Take Steps Toward Worker Integration

American Airlines is seeking bankruptcy-court approval for its plans to integrate its union workers with those of US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) upon the completion of the carriers' merger later this year.AMR Corp. (AAMRQ), the parent of American Airlines, on Thursday filed papers asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan to approve tentative deals with US Airways, the Transport Workers Union of America and two pilot unions. The deals establish a framework for the integration of the various workers upon the creation of what will be the world's biggest airline by traffic.One of the tentative agreements would bring US Airways pilots under the six-year collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, that governs the employment of American pilots, which received bankruptcy court approval in December.Importantly, the deal offers "a series of protections' for pilots at both airlines to ensure that flying opportunities will be distributed equitably. It also sets deadlines to create a single seniori...

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