CHICAGO, July 19 (Reuters) - American Airlines' ( AAL )

28,000 flight attendants have reached a tentative labor

agreement with the company, their union said on Friday.

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which

represents the flight attendants, said the deal addresses their

concerns about compensation, work rules and retroactive pay. It

did not offer more details.

Reached after more than three years of negotiations, the

tentative agreement will be sent to the union's board for

review. Once the board approves the deal, members will vote on

ratifying it.

"If approved, this agreement will put billions of additional

dollars into compensation and work rules for our flight

attendant workgroup," said union head Julie Hedrick.

American said the contract will provide immediate financial

and quality-of-life improvements for the employees.

Last month, the airline offered flight attendants a new

contract with an immediate 17% wage increase and higher profit

sharing in 2024, which the union rejected.

American's flight attendants had authorized their union to

call a strike if there wasn't a deal. The union had proposed an

immediate raise of about 33%, saying the flight attendants had

not had a pay raise in over five years and endured a lot since

the pandemic, notably unruly passengers.

The contract negotiations started in January 2020 but paused

at the height of the pandemic. Talks resumed in June 2021.