US flight attendants&#39; union authorizes strike action
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NEW YORK : The leaders of the largest US flight attendants&#39; union voted to authorize strike action by its members, in response to threats from bankrupt US carriers to unilaterally scrap labour contracts.
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Flight attendants union president Patricia Friend has threatened a nationwide strike against 26 airlines if US Airways ditches its union contracts while in bankruptcy.
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The Air France flight attendants union announced Sunday that a strike will continue into the fifth day, until midnight Monday.
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Cutbacks at United Airlines (UALAQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) have destroyed good will with labor, the union representing flight attendants said on Tuesday, adding that management appears determined to run the carrier
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The Association of Flight Attendants, the nation&#39;s largest flight attendants union, mailed strike authorization ballots Thursday to 21,000 United Airlines flight attendants, seeking their approval for nationwide walkouts if United or US Airways breaks its
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The governing body of the US Association of Flight Attendants-CWA has approved a resolution that will allow it to call a nationwide strike if any airline cancels a contract, subject to approval by union members at the carrier, with or without bankruptcy
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United Airlines flight attendants have voted to authorize strikes in the event a bankruptcy court next month allows the carrier to scrap their contract.
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ARLINGTON, Va. The union representing US Airways reservation agents and other passenger service employees has voted to authorize a strike if it can&#39;t negotiate a fair contract with the Arlington-based airline.
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LOS ANGELES - Thousands of hotel workers in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike, their union said Tuesday, joining in an effort that could lead to walkouts in three cities.    About three-fourths of the 3,000 housekeepers, bellmen and other workers at nine prominent Los Angeles hotels took part in the vote Monday, and union spokesman Danny Feingold said Tuesday that 83 percent of them chose to authorize a strike...
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At a meeting today in Pittsburgh, board members of the United States&#39; largest flight attendants union voted unanimously to authorize a nationwide strike and criticized the airline industry for using the bankruptcy process to wipe out union contracts.
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The union representing flight attendants on Friday said it mailed more than 5,000 strike authorization ballots to its members employed by US Airways as both sides continued talks that are expected to stretch through the weekend.
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United Airlines' flight attendants and pilots on Monday ratified new contracts that reduce wages and benefits, key steps in the carrier's bid to cut costs in an effort to emerge from a 26-month bankruptcy.
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The union representing reservation agents and other passenger service employees at US Airways has voted to authorize a strike if it cannot negotiate a fair contract with the bankrupt airline.
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United Airlines&#39; flight attendants union said it will begin preparing for a strike in response to the airline&#39;s proposal to cut jobs, employee pay and benefits as part of its effort to exit bankruptcy.
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WASHINGTON -- The union representing flight attendants on Friday said it mailed out more than 5,000 strike authorization ballots to its members employed by US Airways as both sides continued talks that are expected to stretch through the weekend.
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The board of directors of the nation&#39;s largest flight attendants union voted to authorize a strike against airlines unless changes were made in the workplace.
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The president of the nation's largest flight attendants union yesterday vowed that its members would go on a nationwide strike if US Airways and United Airlines are allowed to nullify their labor contracts in bankruptcy court.