Court extends interim pay cuts for United IAM employees

United Airlines' motion to extend until May 31 the interim 11.5% pay reduction for all of its customer-contact employees, represented by the International Assn. of Machinists, was approved by the US Bankruptcy Court yesterday, the company announced. The interim reductions, which originally were approved in January, were scheduled to run through April 11. The court's decision also suspended May 1 pay increases contemplated in the IAM collective bargaining agreement. United is attempting to ...