American Airlines Strikes Deal Despite Widespread Discontent
American Airlines’ flight attendants have ratified their union’s tentative contract, ending negotiations that have lasted nearly five...
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icarussmith20
Sep 174 min read
Union Leader Looks To ‘Humanize’ American Airlines And To ‘Class Struggle’
American Airlines flight attendants resoundingly approved their new contract on the first vote, a one-off that came during a summer when...
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icarussmith20
Aug 224 min read
Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Reject New Deal
On Wednesday August 14, Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants rejected the tentative agreement (TA) with the airline, forcing their union...
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icarussmith20
Aug 24 min read
Airline Unions Aren’t Delivering The Pay Deals They Say They Are
American Airlines flight attendants will finally be able to vote on a new “tentative agreement” (TA), following five years of labor...
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icarussmith20
Jul 302 min read
American Airlines offers to double some flight attendants’ pay over 5 years as it works to avoid strike
American Airlines flight attendants won an additional $4.2 billion in pay and benefits, according to a tentative deal released Friday by...
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icarussmith20
Jul 232 min read
American Airlines flight attendants make just $27,000 to start. A new union contract could change that
American Airlines Group In c. and the union for its flight attendants agreed on a tentative contract after US labor mediators pressed...
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icarussmith20
Jul 194 min read
CrowdStrike outage sparks global chaos with airline, bank and other disruptions
A wave of IT outages swept across the globe Friday morning, causing over 1,000 flight cancelations and stalling internal and external...
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icarussmith20
Jul 184 min read
APFA Finally Limps Towards Pay Deal for American Flight Attendants
After five years of labor disputations, American Airlines flight attendants are inching closing to an agreement with the airline...
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icarussmith20
Jun 212 min read
US airline suspends staff after black men kicked off flight
Several American Airlines employees have been put on leave for their involvement in an incident in which black passengers were removed...
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icarussmith20
Jun 203 min read
American Airlines CEO vows to "rebuild trust" after removal of Black passengers
American Airlines has taken action after three Black passengers alleged racial discrimination during a flight, CEO Robert Isom wrote in a...
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icarussmith20
Jun 193 min read
APFA to Continue Talks with American Airlines after Buttigieg Visit
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the union representing over 27,000 American Airlines flight attendants,...
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icarussmith20
Jun 173 min read
Will AA Flight Attendants Strike? And What Should Passengers Know?
Over past two weeks, American Airlines flight attendants seem to have come closer than ever to a strike under the command of their union,...
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icarussmith20
Jun 122 min read
Flight Attendant Unions Return to Negotiating Tables This Week
Flight attendant unions return to bargaining tables this week, among them the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the...
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icarussmith20
Jun 62 min read
Flight Attendant Union Rejects American Airlines’ Immediate Raise Offer
On Wednesday, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) union, which represents around 27,000 flight attendants at...
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icarussmith20
Jun 53 min read
American Airlines’ Distribution Disaster: IATA Chief Willie Walsh Weighs In
Last week saw a mea culpa of colossal proportions at American Airlines. Robert Isom, the carrier’s chief executive, acknowledged that the...
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icarussmith20
Jun 43 min read
American Airlines Flight Attendants' Union Pushes for Strike Action
On Friday, May 31, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) union, which represents over 27,000 flight attendants at...
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icarussmith20
May 302 min read
Three Black men sue American Airlines for racial discrimination after allegedly being pulled off plane over body odor complaint
In an interview with NBC News, two of the men said they were singled out for being Black and were still haunted by the encounter. Three...
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icarussmith20
May 292 min read
American Airlines cuts outlook, says chief commercial officer is leaving
American Airlines slashed its sales outlook on Tuesday. The company has also let go of its chief commercial officer, Vasu Raja. He will...
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icarussmith20
May 281 min read
Longest-serving flight attendant dies at 88
Bette Nash, the world's longest-serving flight attendant, has died aged 88 after nearly 70 years of airborne service. The news was broken...
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icarussmith20
May 242 min read
American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory
American Airlines is walking back a court filing in which it seemed to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing a camera phone when she...
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