Pilots at Southwest Airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, their union said Thursday.
Southwest said the vote has no effect on its operations.
“We are staffed and prepared to welcome travelers for their summer travel plans,” the airline said in a statement. The outcome of the vote was widely expected after a similar result at American Airlines, but it doesn't mean that a strike is imminent. Under U.S. law, airline workers can't legally strike unless federal mediators decide that further negotiations are pointless. Even then, the president and Congress can block a strike.
Casey Murray, president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said the union will petition mediators for permission to strike but will follow the process spelled out in the law. The union and the Dallas-based airline have been negotiating over a new contract for more than three years.
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