Aug 25 - U.S. airlines workers, who have gone through pay and benefit cuts, layoffs, bankruptcies and rising workloads in recent years, are looking to capitalize on the return to profits this year of most big U.S. carriers.

Aug 18 - The nine largest US passenger airlines posted cumulative net income of $1.45 billion for the three months ended June 30

Aug 12 - Letter from MEC President Greg Davidowitch regarding the status of contract negotiations and our work to achieve improvements.

Aug 12 - Negotiation status to date.