EULESS -(WBAP/KLIF) – Frustrated Flight Attendants will come face to face with company executives at a picket at American Airlines headquarters on Thursday, November 16th. With signs that read “We Are Ready to Strike!” and “You Make Billions. I Can’t Pay Rent!” in hand, they will chant, “Hey hey, ho ho, corporate greed has got to go!” They are among the thousands of Flight Attendants picketing at American Airlines cities across the country just days before one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with an important message: Flight Attendants are ready to strike American Airlines.
The union; Association of Professional Flight Attendants, says in mediated talks, American Airlines does not seem to be bringing to the table a compensation package and other contract tweaks demands by flight attendants since it’s last deal negotiated in 2014.
APFA has given American a deadline of this week to present an improved offer, and says it’s prepared to ask for release from mediation and go on strike. APFA says this is a fight for all working class Americans fed up with being forgotten and neglected, while companies report record profits.
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