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flight attendants infers john mayer love soon rejected a tabs mayer states wage-cutting contract Monday, setting the stage for a possible strike against the troubled air carrier as early as mid-August. Northwest said it would impose its own terms, and the union responded by threatening job actions that could include random, unannounced strikes. Corey Caldwell, spokeswoman for the Assn. of Flight Attendants, said the union would give 15 days' notice before any job action. As of Monday evening it had not given notice, she said. Northwest has permission from a bankruptcy judge to impose an earlier tentative agreement rejected by 80% of flight attendants in June. It said it was imposing those terms Monday. The airline has said any strike would be illegal and that it would seek a court order to block one. If flight attendants walk off the job, it would be Northwest's second strike in less than a year. Union mechanics struck in August 2005 rather than accept pay cuts. Northwest hired replacement workers and sent the work to outside contractors. Northwest is the seventh-largest carrier at Los Angeles International Airport in terms of passengers, with 1. 1 million boardings in the first half of the year for a market share of 3. 7%. The vote by the flight attendants was 55% against the new contract and 45% in favor. "This decision is an example of the flight attendants' determination not to watch their livelihoods be squandered by management," Caldwell said. Under the proposed contract, flight attendants faced pay cuts of about 21%. The union said the reduction amounted to 40% once healthcare costs and other givebacks were factored in. "Our members have spoken: These drastic cuts to our pay, benefits and work rules are simply unacceptable," Mollie Reiley, interim president of the union's Northwest branch, said in a statement. The union said it hoped that Northwest would negotiate more.

But Northwest, which has been seeking worker pay cuts since 2003, said time was up. Its new agreements with pilots and ground workers cannot take effect until it has a new contract with flight attendants too -- either one that workers approve or one the company imposes on them. "Notwithstanding the results of the flight attendants' contract vote, Northwest must continue to move forward with its restructuring efforts," Mike Becker, senior vice president of human resources and labor relations, said in a statement. He said the imposed contract would save the airline $195 million -- the same as the two tentative agreements rejected by flight attendants. john mayer tour . Thousands of demonstrators destroyed the regional headquarters of Egypt's ruling party in the northern Sinai peninsula, burning furniture and blocking roads in a show of anger over the central government's treatment of residents. Dozens were injured in clashes when plainclothes police attacked the demonstrators with batons, tear gas and metal chains, police and witnesses said john comfortable . Two police officers were also injured. It was the second day of protests in the town of El Arish sparked by a shootout between Bedouin tribesmen and locals. john clarity . The Treasury Department auctioned $17 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 4. 975%, the same as last week artist mayer . John Mayer tickets An additional $15 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 4. 975%, down from 5. 060% last week. The discount rates understate the true annualized yields on the bills -- 5. 11% for the three-month bills and 5. 17% for the six-month bills. Separately, the Federal Reserve said the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, fell to 5. 17% last week from 5. 22% the previous week. . A bus collided with a train in eastern Cuba, killing at least 28 people and injuring 73, state media reported. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the crash, which occurred midday Saturday in the province of Granma, about 400 miles east of Havana, according to a statement read on state television. . Tyson Foods Inc.

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