
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 7, 1995                   TAG: 9502070089
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ARLINGTON (AP)                                LENGTH: Short

3 USAIR UNIONS OFFER COST CUTS

Three of four unions negotiating wage and other labor concessions with USAir submitted a package of proposals Monday that the financially ailing airline said would help restart the stalled discussions.

Pilots, machinists and transport workers submitted the joint package, aimed at meeting USAir's goal of cutting $500 million in labor costs annually.

USAir said last year it needs to cut $1 billion in yearly expenditures to remain viable. In August, the airline rejected a proposal from the pilots union for $750 million in wage concessions in return for part ownership of the carrier.

USAir said it plans to meet with representatives of the three unions during the next week.

The union representing the airline's nearly 9,000 flight attendants did not participate in the latest proposal.

- Associated Press

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