• @PugJesus
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    10816 days ago

    The United flight attendants—who are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA)—voted 99.99%, with 90.21% of members participating, to greenlight a work stoppage unless they win concessions including a double-digit raise, more schedule flexibility, improved work rules, job security, and retirement benefits.

    You can’t get 99.99% of people to agree the sky is blue. United Airlines must be royally fucking their employees to get that kind of united opposition.

  • @reddig33
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    4316 days ago

    There was a time when United was employee owned. What happened?

      • haui
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        716 days ago

        The more precise issue imo is „work mandate“. We overproduce by a huge margin just to „give people work“ which they dont actually need.

        If we stopped producing shit that is not necessary, just a tiny fraction of humanity would need to work for everyone to have food.

    • @Maggoty
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      616 days ago

      In so many instances employee owned does not mean what it says. It can be as little as each employee getting one nonvoting share.

  • @Anamnesis
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    2416 days ago

    As someone who has been burned by their dumbass “hide the baggage fee and charge $25 less than your competitors” strategy, fuck United. I filter them out whenever I’m looking for flights.

    • @TheSambassador
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      216 days ago

      Almost all the airlines are doing that these days.

  • @moistclump
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    816 days ago

    Air Canada also voted 99% this week to authorize strike. Reforms in the air travel sector coming?