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United, Mechanics in Talks as Debt Deadline Looms

NPR | By Steve Inskeep
Published December 1, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

United Airlines meets with mechanics union officials to try to persuade it them to take salary cuts to stave off bankruptcy. The mechanics are the last holdout in a companywide effort to reduce labor costs. United faces a Monday deadline for a huge debt payment. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

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