Although a bankruptcy court judge has ruled Mesaba Airline workers can’t strike, they are still planning to protest.

By Jesse Russell

The airline plans to impose pay and benefit cuts today after a bankruptcy court judge ruled earlier this week that workers could not strike or take any action resembling a strike - such as a work slowdown. The pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics plan to hold pickets at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis this afternoon. They have appealed the ruling by Judge Gregory Kishel and are considering picketing the airport. Flight Attendants from Northwest Airlines have said that they plan to join in the rally. Mechanics will have wages cut by more than 10 percent while flight attendants and pilots will see cuts of six percent.