Pilots and flight attendants at two different carriers will be picketing across the country this week.
Two of the biggest and most influential unions at North Texas companies are frustrated after years of negotiations. Members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants picket at DFW International Airport’s Terminal A on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
The union which represents over 25,000 American Airlines flight attendants are fighting for improvements to compensation among other things.Two D-FW airline work groups are picketing this week after stalled negotiations have left them without a contract.’ flight attendants, represented by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, will hold a series of informational pickets across 12 bases in the country, including DFW International Airport. American’s more than 26,000 flight attendants recently voted for a strike, although it would take a few more legal steps to actually conduct a strike under the Railway Labor Act, andThe flight attendants union filed for federal mediation in March with the National Mediation Board, for their contract that they started discussions on in 2019. If approved, the strike authorization vote would allow the union to call a strike, but only after getting the go-ahead fromthe National Mediation Board. However, strike authorization votes don’t necessarily mean a strike will happen, but are used in union negotiations to ramp up pressure.
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