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Alaska mechanics ratify five-year contract
    By Linda Blachly | November 23, 2011

Alaska Airlines’ (AS) 626 aircraft technicians, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA), ratified a new five-year contract. The agreement includes annual pay raises, additional job protection provisions, a long-term contract bonus, and a shared commitment to work on minimizing health-care cost increases.

"This contract recognizes the professionalism and skill of our technicians and provides long-term security for our employees, the union and the airline," AS VP-maintenance and engineering Fred Mohr said.

AS and AMFA reached a tentative agreement on the new contract in October (ATW Daily News, Oct. 10). The new contract becomes amendable Oct. 17, 2016.