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Laid-off attendants to be recalled, union says

Thursday, May 26, 2005 | 9:28 a.m.

Northwest Airlines Corp., which is seeking concessions from its employees, plans to recall all of its 691 laid-off flight attendants because of summer travel demand and possible labor strife, the attendants' union said.

The Professional Flight Attendants Association expects more than half of the workers to return to the airline, union spokesman Bob Krabbe said Wednesday. Some of the attendants have been on furlough since October 2001 and may stay in other jobs, he said. The union has about 8,500 members now working at St. Paul, Minn.-based Northwest.

Northwest, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, is in talks with most of its unions in an effort to reach new contracts that will reduce costs through pay and benefit reductions. The pilots union is the only worker group that has contributed to Northwest's goal to cut annual labor expenses by $1.1 billion.

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