Latin America Venezuelan oil union calls off strike Venezuela's main oil workers union late on Sunday called off a nationwide strike planned for Monday after the government announced a last-minute pay offer for oil sector workers. But after a late night meeting with President Hugo Chavez in Miraflores presidential palace, Rodriguez announced the merit increase, which is smaller than last year's average rise of 8 percent. United States Tentative agreement at TWA Trans World Airlines and the International Association of Machinists arrived at a tentative agreement June 13 for 16,000 mechanics, flight attendants and other ground workers. Details will not be available until June 15. Voting will begin the following day.
Reports indicate that the contract is a two-year agreement.
Twice during the 1990s TWA went to bankruptcy court. Both times airline workers' unions imposed wage and benefit cuts on their members. Teamsters sign agreement to prevent Northwest flight attendants walkout The Teamsters and Northwest Airlines reached a tentative agreement June 10 for a five-year contract to cover 11,000 flight attendants. Complete details of the pact are not yet available. Flight attendants with 15 or more years seniority are slated to get a 14 percent raise over the life of the agreement, while those with less than 15 years are rumored to be receiving increases in the range of 20 to 25 percent.