American Airlines faces strike threat as
union negotiations stall
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[June 01, 2024]
(Reuters) - A union representing flight attendants for American Airlines
Group Inc on Friday asked workers to prepare for strike action after
contract negotiations with the carrier failed to produce an agreement.
"We remain apart on the key economics of the deal plus the company's
completely unacceptable demand for scheduling concessions," the
Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) said in a
statement.
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A passenger plane from American Airlines gets ready to take off after
landing at the Toussaint-Louverture international airport following the
resumption of flights, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 30, 2024.
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APFA said it believes that the National Mediation Board (NMB)
which is overseeing the negotiations will bring the parties
together for a "last ditch" effort in the next two weeks.
American Airlines and the NMB did not immediately respond to
request for comment outside regular business hours.
Lawmakers in the U.S. have urged the NMB to take steps to help
about 80,000 flight attendants reach contract deals.
Flight attendants at United Airlines, Alaska Air group, American
Airlines and Frontier are among employees at more than a dozen
airlines still working to reach new contract deals.
(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Shri
Navaratnam)
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