United Airlines, flight attendants reach labor deal for first raises since pandemic

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United Airline flight attendants picketed outside Terminal B at Logan Airport, seeking a new contract.

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United Airlines and its flight attendant union have reached a tentative labor deal that will include their first raises in roughly six years.

If ratified by flight attendants, it would make United the last of the major carriers to secure a labor deal with cabin crew members since the Covid-19 pandemic ended.

United flight attendants last July rejected a previous labor deal that would have included immediate, 26% raises, their union said Thursday.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the flight attendants’ union, didn’t provide specific details about the deal but said it includes higher base pay, additional compensation for flight disruptions and new restrictions on overnight flight assignments.

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