Mesaba set to impose pay cuts, but no disruption expected
No matter how the negotiations at Mesaba Aviation Inc. turn out, travelers were expected to see no disruption on Thursday as the feeder for Northwest Airlines reached a deadline for getting pay cuts from workers. Mesaba, which is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection, said it planned to impose pay cuts at 12:01 a.m. CDT on Thursday if workers didn't agree to a deal first. Mesaba spokeswoman Elizabeth Costello said the airline might hold off if it was close to a deal. Either way, the unions pledged to obey a judge's order barring strikes.
See "Mesaba set to impose pay cuts, but no disruption expected", Joshua Freed, Chicago Tribune, October 24, 2006