Alaska Airlines flight attendants rejected a new labor deal, setting up more negotiations while a federal decision on a merger with Hawaiian Airlines looms
The flight attendants union and the company will have to resume negotiations.flight attendants rejected a new labor deal that would have come with immediate raises averaging more than 24%, their union said Wednesday, setting both sides up for more talks as a merger within June, which included boarding pay, as well as back pay, on top of average pay increases of about 32% over the three-year deal, according to the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA.
Airline workers across the industry have pushed their employers for pay increases and better working conditions after Covid-19 put a pause on most labor negotiations. Salaries and fuel are airlines' biggest costs and talks at some carriers had turned contentious before new contracts were approved.
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