A union coalition of the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and the Teamsters has established its presence in the American Airlines company that employs 14,000 staff in passenger services, reservations, and ground handling. The CWA union had struggled in vain for 20 years to represent staff but the merger with US Airways (with a history of union representation) has reversed this situation. For union leaders, the victory is all the more precious insofar as that it gives them a presence in the South, in the “Right to Work” States that are generally hostile to unionism.
The CWA union representatives have just won an historic victory with American Airlines. For 19 years the CWA has campaigned to represent the company’s ground staff (reservations, passenger services, handling agents). Without success. But this time they won. Experts at CWA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will represent 14,500 American Airlines staff during salary negotiations due to start this autumn. The vote which lasted a month and which was supervised by the National Mediatio
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