United Airlines flight attendants in Colorado join union members nationwide in vote to strike

flight attendance with United Airlines announced the results of a strike vote at Denver International Airport on Wednesday morning the workers say their unmet needs job security pay retirement or and more are caused for a strike in 40 years we have not had a strike vote Chris Burton the flight attendance local Council Union president said the flight attendance represented by the Association of flight attendance CWA voted 99.99 % yes with more than 90% participating the union represents 28,000 United Airlines flight attendants we now have almost 100% authorization we need from our flight attendance to authorize a strike Burton said voting for the flight attendance opened on August 1st and the results are being released ahead of a busy Labor Day travel weekend hundreds of thousands of passengers are expected to be flying at Denver International Airport over the weekend this vote marks the first time United flight attendants have voted on strike authorization since 2005 bankruptcy negotiations Denver's airport was one of nearly 20 locations across the country where workers took to the picket lines at that time flight attendance say management has continued to delay a fair contract for them while the company sees big profits United Airlines corporate communication manager Russell Carlton responded with this statement we continue to work toward an industry leading agreement for our flight attendance including negotiations this week and every month through November both sides have been actively engaged in these negotiations facilitated by the federal mediator requested by the union we remain eager to reach an agreement to be clear there is no work stoppage or labor disruption instead off-duty flight attendants are exercising their right to conduct an informational picket federal law buers a strike until after a lengthy process that includes a release from mediation which can only be granted by the national mediation board the union could request release from the national mediation board leading to a 30-day cooling off period un strike deadline