Wed, Jul 15, 2015
Flight Attendants Call For Fair Contract And Completion Of Merger
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) is conducting a system-wide Day of Action on July 16th to support negotiations for a fair contract as United Airlines reports record profits.
"While passengers and crew members alike are suffering from this incomplete merger, we will march for a fair contract and call on United management to fix this mess of an incomplete merger," said AFA International President Sara Nelson. "Flight Attendant sacrifices and hard work made this merger possible—it's time United management complete the merger and return United to its premier status in the world. That starts with our contract. It's time we share in the profits we help create."
Picketing times will vary by location.
"We're calling Flight Attendants across the industry to join us," said Nelson. "Raising the standards at United will benefit Flight Attendants at American, Delta, and every other airline. Flight Attendants are united and marching together in support of their negotiating committee. It's our turn and it's past time."
The union says United has failed to reach a unified labor contract with its 24,000 flight attendants despite a boast by United Chief Executive Jeff Smisek following the airline's October 2010 merger with Continental that he would complete joint contracts with all workers by the end of 2011. Meanwhile, the union says, United Airlines is making record profits and its 2015 income will be more than five times higher than in 2013; operating profit in 2015-2017 is expected to be $5 billion or more in each year; United has $7.0 Billion in cash on its balance sheet and its stock price has jumped 162% since negotiations began; Smisek's pay is up 32% and other top executives and shareholders are also "cashing in," the union says.
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