American, ground workers' union still at odds

American Airlines and its Transport Workers Union, which represents ground workers, are back at the bargaining table after the rank-and-file rejected a tentative agreement that the company and union negotiators had worked on for two years. Now, the union has asked the National Mediation Board to declare an impasse, the first step in a long process that could -- with emphasis on could -- allow the union to call a strike. Read more here ...