amend

v. to alter or change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. One can amend a statute, a contract or a written pleading filed in a law suit. The change is usually called an amendment. The legislature will amend a statute, the parties to a contract can amend it, and a party to a lawsuit can amend his or her own pleading. A contract can be amended only by the parties participating in the contract. If the contract is written, it can be amended only in writing (although curiously enough an oral contract can be amended orally or in writing). A pleading can be amended before it is served on the other party, by stipulation or agreement in court between the parties (actually usually between their attorneys), or upon order of the court. (See: amended complaint, statute, stipulation)

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The second method, the result of which is given in the variable duration2, counts the months elapsed between the amendable date of the previous contract and the ratification date of the contract under negotiation.

Labor contract negotiations in the airline industry: airline labor negotiations take 1.3 years, on average, to conclude, and about half go into Federal mediation; much of the variance in the duration of negotiations can be attributed to which particular airlines and unions are bargaining, not to economic conditions

"They worked well together on an agreement that positions Alaska for continued growth and success and provides significant improvements for our pilots, who ensure the safety of our customers and employees every day." It is particularly significant that the pilots and Alaska management reached agreement on a new contract a little more than a month beyond the last agreement's April 1, 2013, amendable date.

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The airline said that the contract becomes amendable February 2015 and the current collective bargaining agreement became amendable in February 2009.

Tentative agreement reached between Southwest Airlines and AMFA Appearance Techs

Pilots are covered by the Railway Labor Act, so labor agreements do not expire; they become amendable and remain in effect until a new contract is ratified.

Horizon Air's amended contract increases pilot compensation

United announces tentative agreement with subsidiary Continental flight attendants United Airlines announced today that the company has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) covering flight attendants from the company's Continental subsidiary, almost three months ahead of the contract's amendable date.

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The new agreement becomes amendable on 24 March 2015.

Alaska Airlines dispatchers approve new contract

Talks in Orlando are aimed at renewing a labor contract that became amendable in April 2005.

Airline Finance News - North America

The parties reached these agreements following just four months of negotiations and are between nine months and two and a half years in advance of the current contracts' amendable dates.

United, IAM-represented employees reache tentative agreements on new contracts

Their previous contract became amendable on 16 August 2008 and the new agreement covers the period through to 16 August 2013.

Southwest Airlines reports contract ratification by Material Specialists employee group