United Airlines’ mechanics union ratified a five-year contract Tuesday, removing one strike threat from the carrier as another labor group negotiated down to the deadline.
Members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association voted 59 percent to 41 percent to accept a five-year pact entailing $96 million in annual reductions and 3.9 percent pay cuts, among other conditions.
The agreement still left the machinists’ union, representing 20,000 ramp and public-contact workers, without a contract deal as a judge’s afternoon deadline neared for ruling on whether to break their contract.
