<div id="subtitle">Southwest Airlines announces tentative 3-year deal with Transport Workers Union</div><div><p>Southwest Airlines says it has a tentative three-year contract agreement with the Transport Workers Union.</p><p>The Dallas-based discount carrier announced the tentative deal Friday night.</p><p>The agreement with workers in ramp operations and provisioning, plus freight agents, will be submitted to union members for approval.</p><p>TWU Local 555 represents nearly 7,780 Southwest workers.</p><p>Southwest Airlines Co. says the new agreement would run through June 2011.</p><p>The current contract began amendable on June 30, 2008. Contract talks began early last year.</p><p>___</p><p>On the Net:</p><p>http://www.swa.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=43857819&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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