{"id":2175689,"date":"2024-02-13T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-flight-attendants-picket-at-major-airports-for-higher-pay\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T02:06:40","slug":"u-s-flight-attendants-picket-at-major-airports-for-higher-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-flight-attendants-picket-at-major-airports-for-higher-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight attendants in the U.S. protest for better wages at major airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-flight-attendants-picket-at-major-airports-for-higher-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2175689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flight attendants walk picket line at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 13,\u200b 2024.\u200c Flight\u2062 attendants for major U.S. airlines are holding rallies at airports \u2063around the country to push for \u2064higher pay. Tuesday\u2019s protests are not, however, \u200ba strike. Federal law makes it difficult for airline unions to go on strike. (AP Photo\/Richard Vogel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>5:52 PM \u2013 Tuesday, February\u200b 13, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Major United States airlines may be \u2064without \u2063several flight attendants \u2063after calls\u200b for picketing \u2063and holding rallies. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, three separate unions \u200crepresenting flight attendants held rallies at 30 different\u2062 airports, calling for \u200dnew contracts and higher wages. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIGHT NOW: Huge crowd of \u2063flight attendants from various airlines \u2063are\u2064 picketing outside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFWAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DFWAirport<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasLoveField?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DallasLoveField<\/a> demanding better pay\/working conditions during contract negotiations. FYI, \u2062these FAs are already scheduled\u2062 off\u200d today so travelers \u2062shouldn\u2019t be affected <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCDFW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCDFW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTrEZ2mXej\">pic.twitter.com\/PTrEZ2mXej<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alanna Quillen (@AlannaNBC5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlannaNBC5\/status\/1757462192864002217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Picket line events were planned to take place \u200din several cities across the \u2063U.S. including New York City, Atlanta, \u200cLos Angeles and Las Vegas along with multiple others. Close to 100,000 flight attendants are expected \u2064to\u2064 participate across the three different labor unions. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the calls for protesting comes as over two-thirds of flight attendants at several major airlines including United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Air Wisconsin, American Airlines, Omni \u200cand Frontier are currently in new union contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLegacy\u200b sexism that traditionally devalued \u2064our jobs must be stamped out and \u2063replaced\u200d with the true value of our work,\u201d\u200b the group said in a statement for the event. \u201cOur time on the job\u2064 must be compensated. We \u200bneed retirement security. We need flexibility and control of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Flight attendants also claim that pilots have won pay raises last year while they continue to work at a rate that has \u2064not increased \u200cin several years. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the unions \u2062involved called Tuesday\u2019s \u2063protests a national day action, \u2062not \u200ca strike. <\/p>\n<p>However, federal\u200b law makes\u2063 it extremely difficult for \u200dairline unions to perform legal strikes because they can\u200d be blocked by federal mediators, Congress and the president. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200c \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Public showcases how the Deep\u2063 State orchestrated the Russia Collusion hoax, \u200ca let to China may\u200b come back to haunt Hunter Biden and New Yorkers\u200d vote to replace George Santos.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Congressional investigation reveals the extent to which the U.S. Government is collaborating with private banks to illegally\u200b spy \u2062on the American people. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House\u2063 Oversight\u2064 Committee shares \u2064the Biden Administrations moves regarding the border crisis since Joe Biden took office.\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the Senate looks to pass their Foreign Aid\u2064 bill, House \u2063Republicans may\u200d once again block\u200d their efforts. One America\u2019s Nathaniel \u2063Mannor has more. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0briefly surpassed \u2062Amazon.com Inc\u00a0in market\u200d capitalization on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0is building a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-manhunt-underway-for-armed-and-dangerous-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-deputy\/\" title=\"Tennessee: Hunt for 'Armed and Dangerous' Suspect in Deputy's Fatal Shooting\">business \u200bunit focused<\/a>\u2064 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insight-how-production-pressures-plunged-boeing-into-yet-another-crisis\/\" title=\"Boeing's latest crisis: Production pressures revealed\">designing bespoke\u200c chips<\/a> for cloud computing firms and others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pinterest\u00a0dropped over 10%\u2063 in a sign that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nvidia-chases-30-billion-custom-chip-market-with-new-unit-sources\/\" title=\"Nvidia targets B custom chip market with new unit - sources\">smaller\u200c social media platforms<\/a> could \u200bbe losing the battle to bigger players for ad dollars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google says consumers can pay for better reasoning capabilities as it vies with Microsoft\u00a0to win \u200bsubscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How have\u200b flight attendants expressed their \u2063frustration with the current state\u200d of their \u200bcompensation compared to other airline staff, such as pilots?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200c Major\u2062 United States airlines may face a shortage\u200b of flight attendants as calls for picketing and\u200c holding rallies increase. On Tuesday, three \u2062separate unions representing flight attendants organized rallies at 30 different airports,\u200d demanding new contracts and higher wages. The picketing events were planned across several cities including New York City,\u200c Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Las\u200b Vegas, with close to 100,000\u2064 flight attendants expected \u2063to participate across the three different \u200clabor \u200bunions.<\/p>\n<p>These protests come at a time when over two-thirds of flight\u2062 attendants \u2063at major airlines, such as United Airlines, Southwest\u200c Airlines,\u2062 Alaska Airlines, Air Wisconsin, American Airlines, Omni, and\u200c Frontier,\u2062 are\u2063 engaged in new union contract negotiations. The flight attendants claim that they have\u2064 been undervalued for \u200cyears and their work deserves \u2062to be properly compensated. They are calling for\u200b an \u200dend to the &#8220;legacy sexism&#8221; that has\u2062 historically devalued their jobs and \u200dfor the true value of their work to be recognized. They\u2064 emphasize the need for retirement security, flexibility, and \u200dcontrol over their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Flight attendants argue that while pilots have received pay raises \u2062in recent years, their own\u200d wages have remained stagnant. They believe it is unfair that \u2064pilots\u200d are financially progressing while \u2062they are \u200bleft behind.\u2063 However, it is important to note \u2063that Tuesday&#8217;s\u2064 protests were classified as a national \u2063day of action, \u2064not \u200ca strike. Federal law imposes significant restrictions on \u2064airline unions, making\u2064 it difficult\u2062 for them to\u200c legally strike as they can be blocked by federal mediators, Congress, and \u200dthe president.<\/p>\n<p>The demands of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flight-attendants-who-blamed-uniforms-for-their-health-issues-win-lawsuit-against-clothing-company\/\" title=\"Flight attendants win lawsuit against clothing company over health issues caused by uniforms.\">flight attendants highlight<\/a> \u200bthe need for improved working conditions and fair \u200bcompensation within the airline industry. As vital members \u2063of the airline\u200c staff, \u2063flight attendants \u200bplay a crucial\u200b role\u200c in ensuring the\u2063 safety and\u2064 comfort of passengers. Recognizing \u200btheir contributions\u2063 and addressing their\u200c concerns \u2063is essential \u200cfor\u2063 fostering a\u200d harmonious and productive work environment. It is crucial for \u2064airlines and unions \u200cto engage in productive negotiations to reach\u200d mutually agreeable solutions and ensure the \u200dwelfare\u2062 of both the flight attendants and the traveling public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flight attendants rally for better pay at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 13, 2024. 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