Southwest Airlines signs tentative agreement with flight attendants

[September 10, 2016]  (Reuters) - Budget airline Southwest Airlines Co <LUV.N> said it reached a tentative agreement with a union that represents the company's flight attendants.

Southwest Airlines planes are seen in front of the Las Vegas strip, Nevada, United States April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

The airline has not released any date for the ratification vote by the attendants, who rejected in July 2015 a tentative contract that would have raised wages but involved changes in work rules that many thought were burdensome.

The airline reached a tentative agreement with its pilot union last month.

(Reporting by Rachit Vats in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)

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