Can United and Its Labor Unions Negotiate to Prevent a Strike?

United Airlines has been planning to cut $9.9 billion in pension accounts which has angered its labor unions. If the cuts go through, the unions said that they will strike. "Our members are ready to go if they mess with the pension or terminate our contract," said Carl Finamore of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. "We will shut their airline down. Our members are fed up." United Airlines and the two labor unions are supposed to meet this weekend for negotiation in hopes of preventing a strike from occurring. George Raine of the San Francisco Chronicle murdok. Visit murdok for the