United Flight Attendants Vote 99.99% to Authorize Strike | Common Dreams
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"We have flight attendants who are struggling to make ends meet while our CEOs are on private jets," said one union leader. "We want some respect shown in the contract."
  • PugJesusEnglish
    108·
    7 months 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
    43·
    7 months ago

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

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
        92·
        7 months 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
      71·
      7 months 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
    24·
    7 months 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.

  • moistclump
    8·
    7 months ago

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