United Airlines
By Julie Johnsson
Pink slips are flying again at United Airlines as the Chicago-based carrier sizes its work force to fit its far-smaller fleet.
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Acute Shortage Of Specialized Personnel
By Austine Beyadi
Tanzania faces an acute shortage of specialized personnel in tourism and hotel managements, which has forced some hotel owners to employ foreign experts.
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Hyatt Pursuing Profit At Any Price?
By eTN Staff Writer
Hotel workers walked off the job this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco, announcing a 3-day strike against the property.
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Infections Aboard Airplanes
WASHINGTON - Airline employees who report to work ill are more likely than sick passengers to spread infections such as the H1N1 swine flu virus aboard airplanes, with low-paid workers posing the grea
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Hawaii
In the wake of foreclosure proceedings against the Maui Prince Hotel, the company that manages the resort and neighboring golf course said it will terminate its contract with the hotel's owner on Sept
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Frontier Airlines
DENVER — Frontier Airlines has approved a long-term agreement on wage and benefit concessions from maintenance workers represented by International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 691.
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Southwest Airlines
DALLAS - Dispatchers at Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday raised safety concerns about flights to El Salvador, where the airline plans to send jets for major maintenance work.
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Economy And Financial Concerns
By eTN Staff Writer
Concerns about the economy and personal finances have European workers rethinking holiday plans, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.
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United Airlines
By eTN Staff Writer
United Airlines (UAL) workers are furious with repeated bonus programs, worth hundreds of millions US dollars, that continue to be paid to its airline executives while workers are still being forced t
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United Airlines
By bloomberg.com
United Airlines opens talks this month with unions representing 88 percent of its employees, the first contract bargaining since exiting bankruptcy in 2006, amid a recession and a “canyon of distrus
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Austrian Airlines
By AP
VIENNA — The Austrian Airlines Group will reduce the working hours of its flight attendants and decrease the pay of its pilots for a year to cut costs, the company said Friday.
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Airport Thefts
By abcnews.go.com
Though airline ticket prices are dropping, passengers may be paying in other ways.
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10 Favorite Foreign National Parks
By eTN Staff Writer
TUCSON, AZ - Ever wonder where people who work in national parks go when they take a vacation?
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Delta Airlines
By usatoday.com
"Delta Air Lines, the world's biggest carrier, will offer voluntary severance payouts to a majority of the 75,000 employees at Delta and Northwest's mainline operations as part of a plan to cut an uns
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United Airlines
By usatoday.com
United will furlough more than 1,000 workers from positions across the country The Associated Press reports, citing "layoff notices and the unions that represent the workers." The Chicago Tribune says
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Aer Lingus
By bloomberg.com
Aer Lingus Group Plc workers voted to strike over the airline's plan to cut more than 1,500 jobs, the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said.
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Alitalia
By AP
ROME — Unions for Alitalia pilots and flight attendants have called a strike for Nov. 25.
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Workers Walked Onto The Runway, Disrupting Flights
By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador
ATHENS, Greece (eTN) - Workers at Greece's troubled Olympic Airlines staged a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest government plans to privatize the company forcing the cancellation of 96 international
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Olympic Airlines
By iht.com
ATHENS, Greece - Hundreds of protesting Olympic Airlines workers walked onto the main runway of Athens International Airport Tuesday to protest plans to sell the troubled state-owned airline.
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American Airlines
By dallasnews.com
Continuing its cutbacks planned for this fall, American Airlines Inc. has sent notices to 469 employees at five U.S. airports warning that they could lose their jobs around Nov. 1.
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