Unions may block Alitalia rescue
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The Italian airline is facing resistance from unions against its plan to evade bankruptcy by cutting 5,000 jobs.
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MILAN Alitalia&#39;s management and unions representing its cabin crews edged toward an accord Friday night on job cuts and working conditions in an effort to save the national carrier from collapse.
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Management at the Italian national airline Alitalia put forward a rescue plan to trade unions that foresees slashing 5,000 jobs to keep the struggling carrier aloft, Italian media reported.
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Alitalia management and unions representing flight attendants broke off talks, with the company setting an early Saturday deadline for agreement on a deal that could lead to approval of an overall rescue plan, union sources said.
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Travel: Airline travellers could face disruption at Christmas as union confirms call for ballot on industrial action.
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Alitalia said Monday that it would meet with union representatives after nine labor groups demanded that the airline tell them its strategic and organizational plans, and called for government intervention in further talks.
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Government, trade union and Alitalia officials were locked in talks in Rome on the state's social measures to help staff set to lose their jobs in the Italian carrier's planned relaunch.
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Unions and management at Alitalia have struck a deal on payoffs for 3,700 employees set to lose their jobs. The agreement should open the way for the restructuring which could save the Italian carrier from bankruptcy.
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Unions representing the pilots, flight attendants and ground staff of the troubled Italian airline Alitalia have called a four-hour strike for Monday.
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With the future of Italy's flagship carrier at stake, Alitalia began crucial talks with unions Monday to unveil a rescue plan &#151; including expected layoffs &#151; aimed at averting collapse.
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Italy's factories, trains, banks and planes will come to a standstill for hours Tuesday as unions stage a general strike to protest at plans for tax cuts they say will help the rich and cost the public sector.
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Alitalia's board of directors said Friday it had advised the Italian government to pursue an offer by Air France-KLM to rescue the near-bankrupt airline with a long-term investment of 6.5 billion euros.
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ROME: Italy&#39;s loss-making Alitalia has reached a deal with eight of nine unions to split the state-controlled airline in two to try to save it from collapse, three union sources said yesterday.
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Alitalia's main unions held back from  calling for strikes on Tuesday despite anger at a plan to cut a  quarter of the workforce, hoping instead to try to negotiate a  less painful deal from the airline's management.
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The Italian state airline Alitalia, fighting for its financial survival, said it had reached a wage-freeze agreement for 2004-2006 with unions representing ground personnel.
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The management of Alitalia was due to present a rescue plan to trades unions which hold the key to whether the state-controlled airline receives a government-guaranteed loan to avoid bankruptcy.
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MANAGEMENT at the Italian national airline Alitalia put forward a rescue plan today to trade unions that foresees slashing 5000 jobs and splitting the struggling carrier into two in order to keep it aloft.