Detroit Labor Notes Conference: Mesaba Airlines Pilot Explains Worker Struggle As Deadline Looms - 05/05/06


(Detroit, May 5, 2006) - Tom Wychor, a Mesaba Airlines pilot with the Airline Pilot's Association, describes the ongoing struggle with Mesaba management as a May 11 bankruptcy union contract decision looms. Wychor says at least $100 million has been siphoned from Mesaba into a holding company as management tries to use the bankruptcy process to drive workers into poverty. Audio from Detroit provided by Doug Cunningham, Worker's Independent News.


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