From the fine BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/bus...00/1712021.stm
United Airlines, the beleaguered carrier already facing crippling losses in the wake of the 11 September attacks, is facing the additional threat of strike action by its crew of mechanics.
The company's 15,000 mechanics, who say they have not had a pay rise for seven years, voted 99% in favour of strike action earlier on Friday.
"You have just given us a very powerful tool which we intend to use," the mechanics' chief negotiator Scotty Ford said on a trade union website.