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Flight attendants in the United States are usually paid an hourly rate after the cabin doors close, not including the time taken to board passengers. Alaska Air flight attendants resume contract ...
Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants recently voted to authorize a strike in part because they haven’t been able to come to an agreement with the company’s management about compensation.
Alaska Airlines and its 7,000-member flight attendants union reached a tentative labor deal late Friday, concluding talks that lasted more than a year and a half.
Alaska Airlines and United Airlines began returning their 737 MAX 9 planes to service on January 26 and 27, respectively. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Alaska Air Group reported in April 2024 that Boeing had paid about US$160 million as initial compensation to address the hit from the temporary grounding of 737 MAX 9 jets. [ 43 ]
The first CHAOS strike took place in Seattle when three flight attendants walked off an Alaska Airlines flight just before passenger boarding. [9] A month later, another crew of flight attendants struck the last flight out of Las Vegas. [10] A few weeks later, AFA struck five flights simultaneously in the San Francisco area. [11]
Veda Shook is the former International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO. [1] An Alaska Airlines flight attendant since 1991, she previously served as AFA's International Vice President for a term beginning January 1, 2007. Today, AFA-CWA represents nearly 60,000 flight attendants at 23 airlines.
Alaska Airlines flight attendants in February authorized a strike for the first time in three decades. But before a strike can occur, the National Mediation Board must declare that negotiations ...
The AFA also said that the importance of flight attendants’ work has recently been recognised in horrific incidents such as Japan Airlines Flight 516 or Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, yet the ...