Northwest Airlines has asked the court overseeing its bankruptcy reorganization to block a possible strike by its flight attendants, an airline spokesman said yesterday. In a court filing late Tuesday, Northwest asked the federal bankruptcy judge, Allan L. Gropper, to prevent any strike or job action against it by the Association of Flight Attendants. The union threatened Monday to strike as early as Aug. 15 after the airline terminated its contract and imposed new terms.
See "U.S. Bankruptcy Court Asked to Block a Northwest Strike", Reuters, The New York Times, August 2, 2006