United Airlines workers ratify new contracts

United Airlines workers have ratified a set of new contracts that will increase their pay and benefits over the next five years.Airline and union representatives said Saturday that the vote was "overwhelming" in favor of the contracts, which govern about 30,000 employees including airport workers, security officers and other staffers.The new pacts will increase pay by about 30 percent over five years, raise pension benefits and halt outsourcing of some union jobs.United said the agreements follo