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American Airlines Reaches Last-Minute Deal with Flight Attendants Union.
Byline: Terry Maxon
Jul. 1--American Airlines Inc. and its flight attendants union tentatively agreed to a new contract Saturday, hours before an 11:01 p.m. deadline.
Neither side released details. Reached after nearly 34 months of talks, the proposed pact headed off any action by President Bush. He had said he would prevent a strike at any major airline during the summer travel season.
An American executive called the proposed contract "exceptional," and union president John Ward told his membership that the union's negotiating team gave the deal its unanimous endorsement.
The National Mediation Board said the airline and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants worked through Friday night and for much of Saturday before hammering out the deal, with a final handshake around 5 p.m.
The union agreed not to strike or take other job actions while its board, and then its membership, consider the proposal, the mediation board said in its statement. That review and vote likely will take several months.
American also will not engage in "self-help," such as imposing any changes in the current contract, the mediation board said.
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