Trending searches: united airlines flight attendants strike
right now United Airlines flight attendants are preparing for a potential strike the flight attendant Union voted to authorize a strike earlier this week JT saskowski has a covered on why the workers are considering striking and why that won't affect your holiday weekend travel a strike authorization vote doesn't mean that the flight attendants go on strike immediately it just means one is possible in the near future both the airline and Dayne County Regional Airport where I am say that they're not expecting any disruptions to flights over the holiday weekend the dispute between United Airlines and the association of flight attendants can't be helped by individual airports as Daye County regional's director of marketing Michael Rikers will tell you so when we see things happening in the news about uh you know Airlines with different struggles Pilots flight attendant things like that it's really beyond our control here at Den County Regional Airport we're responsible for the facilities United and the AFA have been negotiating a new contract since their last agreement expired in 2021 the union strike authorization is intended to put pressure on the company to reach a deal we are fighting for quality of work life improvements industry leading pay a Reserve System that recognizes and respects our reserves retirement security and flexibility that we have earned over the years and decades in a statement United Airlines says quote 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 no work stoppage or labor disruption perhaps most striking about this vote is how United the flight attendants were they voted nearly unanimously to authorized the strike a clear message to management that they're serious about their demands in Madison JT saskowski 27 news