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For Immediate Release: May 22, 2012
Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586
US Airways Express Flight Attendants Authorize Strike
Washington, DC, May 22, 2012 - Flight Attendants at Air
Wisconsin, represented by the Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA (AFA), overwhelmingly authorized a strike should
management fail to reach an agreement with Flight Attendants. In
a strike vote that concluded today, 97.3 percent of Air
Wisconsin Flight Attendants voted to authorize a strike, if
necessary. Air Wisconsin, the largest privately held regional
airline in the United States, operates as a US Airways Express
carrier.
“Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants are focused on our future and
it is time for management to move forward on a new, improved
contract,” said Brenda Barrall, AFA Air Wisconsin President.
“Our role as on board first responders has been instrumental in
the overall success of US Airways. If management fails to
address the issues important to Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants
or to recognize the contributions we have made to the success of
our airline, then they should be prepared for CHAOS™.”
Currently in negotiations, AFA is working to reach an agreement
based on the priorities set by Flight Attendants at Air
Wisconsin. Management is demanding concessions and attempting to
remove previously negotiated improvements, including many
quality of life provisions. This lack of progress in bargaining
could lead to the National Mediation Board (NMB) releasing both
parties into a 30-day “cooling off” period leading to a strike
deadline. AFA has a trademarked strike strategy known as CHAOS
or Create Havoc Around Our System™. With CHAOS, a strike could
affect the entire system or a single flight. The union decides
when, where and how to strike without notice to management or
passengers.
Air Wisconsin operates regional flights as US Airways Express,
serving 70 cities in the US and Canada. Air Wisconsin carries an
estimated six million passengers per year with hubs in
Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, Raleigh, NC, and
Norfolk, VA.
The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for over 65 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants at 21 airlines come
together to form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong
Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org .
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