Alaska Air flight attendants authorize strike mandate amid pay demands
United States, the UK and Guam on Tuesday. Picketing members included cabin crew from 24 airlines including Alaska, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines. Shares of Alaska Air fell 2.1% in afternoon trade.
Southwest was down 0.9%, United Airlines tumbled 3.9% and American Airlines shed 2.2%. Out of 93.47% participating Alaska Air flight attendants - represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) - 99.48% voted in favor of a strike, the airline said. U.S.
flight attendants are unlikely to walk off the job because of a complex labor process that makes it difficult for airline workers to strike. But the first Alaska mandate since 1993 reflects labor's broader demands for higher pay at a time when a majority of U.S. cabin crew are in contract talks, the Association of Flight Attendants said.
While pilots across major airlines have secured new labor deals including bumper pay hikes and other benefits, some flight attendants have not had a pay raise in five years, the AFA said. Flight attendants from Southwest Airlines and Air Transat in Canada, which are both pressing for steep pay raises, are in negotiations after rejecting earlier deals. According to a Feb.
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