LATAM Airlines, Union Reach Initial Deal But Strike Continues

April 19, 2018
The two parties have reached an agreement, but the airline will continue to reschedule flights in the short-term until details were finalized.

SANTIAGO, April 17 (Reuters) - Chile-based LATAM Airlines and a union of flight attendants for subsidiary LAN Express reached an initial labor agreement early on Tuesday, the union and the airline said, even as the union cautioned that a week-long strike would continue until it had voted on the deal.

Claudia Sender, a vice president at LATAM, the region’s largest carrier, confirmed the two parties had reached an agreement, but said the airline would continue to reschedule flights in the short-term until details were finalized.

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