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Union bosses have said the agreement sets a new benchmark for U.S. flight attendants across the industry.
Gordon Smith | 2 days ago
United flight attendants are the latest to express their frustrations over stagnant pay and taxing work conditions.
Meghna Maharishi | 1 week ago
The U.S. airline industry is worried that Chinese carriers enjoy an unfair advantage with access to Russian airspace and China’s government.
Alaska’s flight attendants were the latest to vote in favor of authorizing a strike to vote, a sign that tensions between flight attendants and airline management continue to rise.
Meghna Maharishi | 2 months ago
Breeze flight attendants cited issues with management, pay and accommodations as reasons to unionize.
Meghna Maharishi | 3 months ago
Labor discontent is rife in the skies over the U.S.
Edward Russell | 4 months ago
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Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the most influential flight attendant union in the U.S., is in the running to be the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The Biden administration is vetting Nelson as well as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su to head the Department of Labor once current Labor Secretary…
Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago
Delta will pay flight attendants for boarding time in what it claims is a move to improve reliability. But the additional pay comes as the largest flight attendant union tries to organize crews amid a national rise in organized labor.
Edward Russell | 2 years ago
Fourth time’s a charm? Sara Nelson is the latest union leader to attempt to organize flight attendants at Delta Air Lines, which has a mostly non-union workforce. If it’s going to ever happen, the pandemic will be the catalyst to give Nelson a victory.
Cameron Sperance | 2 years ago
Make airlines share information about banned and abusive flyers more readily. That was one suggestion to come out a Congressional hearing this week. And stop airport bars from selling booze in to-go cups.
Ruthy Munoz | 3 years ago