{"id":143227,"date":"2023-08-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=143227"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:37:11","slug":"american-airlines-flight-attendants-vote-to-authorize-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/08\/american-airlines-flight-attendants-vote-to-authorize-strike.html","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>American Airlines\u2019<\/strong> flight attendants voted to authorize a strike if the company refuses to agree to \u201creasonable\u201d contract terms, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An overwhelming 99.47% of the flight attendants represented by the labor union voted to authorize a strike, according to APFA that covers more than 26,000 flight attendants at the carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFlight attendants are fired up and ready for a contract. They (the company) ignore this strike vote at their peril,\u201d Julie Hedrick, national president of APFA, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/08\/u-s-fines-american-airlines-for-dozens-of-ground-delays.html\">U.S. fines American Airlines for dozens of ground delays<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the company and the union are unable to reach an agreement in federal mediation, APFA could request to be released into a 30-day cooling-off period, after which the attendants would be free to begin a strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deliberations come as union workers including pilots, employees and delivery drivers enjoy enhanced bargaining power against the backdrop of a tight labor market and a rise in public support for unions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/american-airline-labor\/american-airlines-flight-attendants-vote-to-authorize-strike-union-idUSL4N3AB45X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, American Airlines\u2019 pilots approved a new contract that includes more than $9.6 billion in total pay and benefits increases over four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With travel demand showing no signs of cooling off, airlines have been in a rush to staff up which has bolstered workers to bargain for higher salaries and improved working conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-242cbd5c     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"511\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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