An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX parked at the gate at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 2024.
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Alaska Airlines‘ The flight attendants association said Friday that it had reached a “record” tentative labor agreement with the airline, ending a dearth of new contracts for flight crews who had demanded Demanding salary increases for many years.
Details of the agreement, made under federal mediation, were not immediately made public. The flight attendants association said it will be reviewed by union leadership and then voted on by rank-and-file members.
One day before, American Airlines‘ The flight attendants’ union said negotiations over a new contract had broken down and union members should prepare for a possible strike. However, a company spokesman said the two sides had made “good progress in negotiations this week, adding even more to the industry-leading proposal we brought to the table.” for many months.”
United Airlines is also negotiating a new contract with the flight attendants union.
Strikes in the US airline industry are extremely rare. If an agreement cannot be reached, there may be a 30-day cooling-off period before a possible shutdown.
