American Airlines Workers Getting A Nice Raise

(RTTNews) - American Airlines Group (AAL) Friday said it reached an interim agreement with TWU-IAM Association, the group that represents 30,000 ground workers, to provide "significant pay increases" to its workers.

The interim agreement provides average pay increases ranging from 15 to 36 percent for maintenance and related employees, 24 percent for fleet service employees, 31 percent for tower planners and 55 percent for weight and balance planners.

The TWU-IAM Association is an alliance between the Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

"We are pleased to reach this innovative and unprecedented agreement with the Association, which will provide immediate and significant pay increases for 30,000 of American's more than 100,000 team members," said Robert Isom, Chief Operating Officer for American.