Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Union Members Stand Together In Mock Strike At AA
United Airlines flight attendant members of the Association of
Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) joined members of the
Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) at American
Airlines on the picket line at airports around the country
Wednesday. While American Flight Attendants conduct a mock strike
and walk the picket line, United Flight Attendants joined them in
solidarity for a fair Contract and coordinated efforts to lift the
standard for Flight Attendants across the industry.
"This may be a mock strike but the issues we share with our
colleagues at American are all too real," said Greg Davidowitch,
president of the AFA-CWA at United Airlines. "We are standing
together for improvements in pay and working conditions. If
management does not agree to new contracts, then the next strike
won't be a mock strike."
Both United and American flight attendants shouldered deep
concessions to help their airlines turn around during United's
bankruptcy and American's efforts to avoid Chapter 11. Flight
attendants have suffered the effects of huge cuts to pay, benefits
and retirement while working longer hours away from their families
for nearly a decade. Now the flight attendant union members are
standing together to rebuild their career by negotiating fair
contracts at each airline with improvements in pay, healthcare,
retirement and quality of work life.
The picket lines were set up in locations where United and
American both have flight attendant bases, including Boston Logan
International Airport, Chicago O'Hare, Los Angeles International
Airport, New York LaGuardia Airport, San Francisco International
Airport, and Washington National Airport.
"On November 18th and everyday, we stand in solidarity with our
sisters and brothers on the picket line and on airplanes around the
world. We will continue to work together to lift the standards for
flight attendants with the pay, healthcare, work rules and
retirement equal to our hard work, commitment and sacrifice,"
Davidowitch said.
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