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Mechanics ratify contract

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 | 9:34 a.m.

CHICAGO -- United Airlines' mechanics union ratified a five-year contract today, removing one strike threat from the carrier as another labor group negotiated down to the deadline.

A majority of the 7,000 members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association voted to accept a five-year pact entailing $96 million in annual reductions and 3.9 percent pay cuts, among other conditions.

The outcome was announced on the union's Web site. The union said the vote tally would not be released until the two sides appeared in court later today to put the contract into effect. But spokesman Terry O'Rourke said the margin was "decisive."

The agreement still left the machinists' union, representing 20,000 ramp and public-contact workers, without a contract deal as a judge's afternoon deadline neared for ruling on whether to break their contract.

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